Thread 23239081

I've been interested in Ham Radio for over a year now. I really like the tech behind it and how everything works, but never applied for the license and never bought a ham radio as well. Recently I'm really tempted to apply for the license, but upon further research, I think it's not what I want. When you are licensed in ham radio, your info is open for everyone else to see. My name and address are my main concerns. So I think I won't apply for the license. There's stuff like encrypted DMR that I can use to communicate whilst staying anonymous. As long as I respect the rules and regulations and don't contact the global ham user, I think there's no need to apply for ham radio license. Just my 2 cents.

>>23239081 (OP)
I didn't even know you still needed a licence to operate one. I remember as a kid a lot of cars had them and people used to fool around on them while driving, yes before 4chan and the internet aussies would shitpost via radio and telex machine.

>>23239081 (OP)
If you are sorta techy you can just get a SDR that you plug into your laptop and can listen to a enormously wide range and can do shit like receive satellite transmission as well as a bunch of other cool stuff. And also look into meshtastic which is encrypted text chat with kilometers of range and a network that will propagate your messages.
Both are license-less even in my place where the law is very butthurt about fun things.

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>>23239081 (OP)
I've had my license for years and I've never tired of it.

>ham radio
>has nothing to do with canned pork