Interesting. i'd been thinking about picking a couple up for my wife and I for SHTF
Interesting. i'd been thinking about picking a couple up for my wife and I for SHTF
Technically you need a license. Practically you don't so long as you pay attention to the open frequencies allowed and don't abuse it. Others listening don't know if it's a radio restricted only to those frequencies or a general purpose ham.
This is why many people use these for the frequencies legally allowed with dedicated radios locked to those frequencies. Really it's a matter of semantics. If you've done something where someone cares you're already doing some else wrong. And come SHTF, licensing doesn't matter and now you have a pre-programmed ham radio.
Technically you need a license. Practically you don't so long as you pay attention to the open frequencies allowed and don't abuse it. Others listening don't know if it's a radio restricted only to those frequencies or a general purpose ham.
This is why many people use these for the frequencies legally allowed with dedicated radios locked to those frequencies. Really it's a matter of semantics. If you've done something where someone cares you're already doing some else wrong. And come SHTF, licensing doesn't matter and now you have a pre-programmed ham radio.
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