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Anyone can use ham radio. Encryption is illegal on those bands though.

• bitfilped 2y ago
  Anyone can listen on a ham radio, you need a license to broadcast. FRS, CB and MURS are the unlicensed options in the US to my knowledge.
  • tkuraku 2y ago
    That's true, but anyone can get a license.
  • kragen 2y ago
    broadcasting is not permitted on ham bands in the us. i suspect you might have meant that you need a license to transmit
    • vitaflo 2y ago
      Can always spot a non-ham by use of the word "broadcast". It's a dead giveaway.
      • kragen 2y ago
        i'm a non-ham actually, but i'm also a shibboleth specialist
      • bitfilped 2y ago
        Or some people just don't care about minor language semantics, radios are never truthfully point to point. Anyone in range can hear them.
    • bitfilped 2y ago
      Lock me up and take away my license...
• kayfox 2y ago
  > Encryption is illegal on those bands though. Depends on the band, for VHF, UHF and higher bands a country may make different decisions on what is not permitted. Canada has allowed encryption with published keys to be used for repeater access control in the past.