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It’s two years now since I got the license to legally broadcast on the Amateur Radio bands. It takes skill, and knowledge. You can’t just tuck a ham radio into a bug out bag or emergency kit and expect to use it when you need it. I’m still screwing around with UHF/VHF radios. I also use the HF bands, made a few contacts, no international contacts from the US yet. Antennas are not just simple wires in a tree (but the can be if you know what you are doing.)

It’s two years now since I got the license to legally broadcast on the Amateur Radio bands. It takes skill, and knowledge. You can’t just tuck a ham radio into a bug out bag or emergency kit and expect to use it when you need it. I’m still screwing around with UHF/VHF radios. I also use the HF bands, made a few contacts, no international contacts from the US yet. Antennas are not just simple wires in a tree (but the can be if you know what you are doing.)

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[–] • 7 pts

I've always thought that if there truly was an emergency, no one is going to pay attention to licenses, and I'm going to be handing out pre-programmed Baofeng radios to friends like they were crack samples down on 6th Street.

This has been my approach as well. Something about asking permission to communicate just irritated the shit out of me.

[–] • 0 pt

No one's going to pay attention to license information in a real, all-hands-on-deck emergency. That's a point I have to stress to people, if we need to communicate and I have a bag full of handies, everyone I know gets one.