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Originally Posted by Death March
I think all Icom,Yaesu& Kenwood stuff you kinda need your HAM ticket for? And not to metion the price $$$$. But you do get what you pay for  |
You do not need an amateur radio license to purchase radios. Certain places, such as Radio World, might chose to limit the sale of certain items (usually their pre-programmed scanners) to those with their HAM ticket. You do, however, need a license if you wish to transmit on any frequencies outside of the Citizen's Band (CB), Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS), Family Radio Service (FRS), and General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS). If you own a business and operate within a specific area, you can apply to have a specific VHF channel allocated to you (with limitations) which allows your employees to freely transmit on that frequency without individual licenses.
This is a hobby. Hobbies cost money. It's cheap people and their frugal attitudes (damn their prudence to hell! lol) that are ruining this sport. The cost of an item comes secondary to its quality and reliability in the field.