But the whole idea of ham radio is, that anyone can ask you what you are reading, and that you're not wasthing that space with your privacy. It's about learning

But the whole idea of ham radio is, that anyone can ask you what you are reading, and that you're not wasthing that space with your privacy. It's about learning and technical experimentation and not about free private communication. You want to take a bit of the spectrum away from everyone else and not let them neither listen nor join the conversation. You can get a private frequency, pay a bit of money for that, and be private as much as you want.