Licensed vs Unlicesed

[Sythesy]

Morning all

I love scanning and picking up any type of comms from Marine traffic air traffic dmr shopwatch dare I say pmr when there been used

My question is if I was to get a dmr id. Pass my foundation radio exam would I be gaining anything? I’m not interested talking but listening. I am able to hear my friend dmr hotspot and listen to that side of things.

Is digital haming different to analog ham radioning?

Cheers

[Mitch]

Basically no. Officially you're only allowed to listen to broadcasts, ham bands, CB and not much else, although people do. All you will get with a ham licence is a licence to talk on ham bands, nothing more I'm afraid so probably not much use. On the other hand you may learn some new useful stuff on a ham course and it wouldn't hurt to enquire.

[Sythesy]

I past my foundation last week. I’m now official ham M7YCS

[Mitch]

Congrats

[paulears]

I think the year i spent listening was very useful, to mimic the good operation practices and avoid the awful ones! Congratulations.