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<blockquote data-quote="p238shooter" data-source="post: 3750114" data-attributes="member: 24583"><p>Listening is legal and OK if you have the right equipment to most everything except cell phone calls. There are many radio services that take more elaborate digital equipment than just a standard radio.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, passing the tests only gives you the basic concepts and a license to learn. Ha Ha Virtually every radio brand and model is different, some in small ways, many in large ways. Different bands (frequency ranges) different controls, different features. By the time you get your license you will have a conception of what is going on, then it is best to get with one or more "Elmers" (a person who is an experienced ham) to show you what he is using, why he has the set up he is using, what he might like something different, and then try to fit that with your budget, station capabilities, surrounding terrain, and what part of ham radio you are interested in. Then you can decide what works for you. I have stated many times if you get 4 ham radio guys together and ask a question, sometimes you can get 7 opinions of what works for them and they all will most likely work for you. Ha Ha</p><p></p><p>Not to sound demeaning in any way, but right now what you are asking is similar to someone saying "I want to go racing, what kind of car do I need and how do I set it up" Well, what kind of racing? Drag, off road, sprint car, Datona 500, etc. Ham radio is a little like that, there are many directions you can go. Do you want to talk just local? Do you want to depend on club repeaters for contacts? Do you want to talk around the world partially using the internet? Do you want to spew electrons off your antenna and someone in another country capture those electrons direct and talk back directly with you? Lots of possibilities for solutions only after you find out what you don't know.</p><p></p><p>That is where going to some radio club meetings helps tremendously, get to know a few people to talk with and you will eventually be talking on the radio with. You will find we are a bunch of friendly guys that will try to help you out with our opinions as much as we can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="p238shooter, post: 3750114, member: 24583"] Listening is legal and OK if you have the right equipment to most everything except cell phone calls. There are many radio services that take more elaborate digital equipment than just a standard radio. Unfortunately, passing the tests only gives you the basic concepts and a license to learn. Ha Ha Virtually every radio brand and model is different, some in small ways, many in large ways. Different bands (frequency ranges) different controls, different features. By the time you get your license you will have a conception of what is going on, then it is best to get with one or more "Elmers" (a person who is an experienced ham) to show you what he is using, why he has the set up he is using, what he might like something different, and then try to fit that with your budget, station capabilities, surrounding terrain, and what part of ham radio you are interested in. Then you can decide what works for you. I have stated many times if you get 4 ham radio guys together and ask a question, sometimes you can get 7 opinions of what works for them and they all will most likely work for you. Ha Ha Not to sound demeaning in any way, but right now what you are asking is similar to someone saying "I want to go racing, what kind of car do I need and how do I set it up" Well, what kind of racing? Drag, off road, sprint car, Datona 500, etc. Ham radio is a little like that, there are many directions you can go. Do you want to talk just local? Do you want to depend on club repeaters for contacts? Do you want to talk around the world partially using the internet? Do you want to spew electrons off your antenna and someone in another country capture those electrons direct and talk back directly with you? Lots of possibilities for solutions only after you find out what you don't know. That is where going to some radio club meetings helps tremendously, get to know a few people to talk with and you will eventually be talking on the radio with. You will find we are a bunch of friendly guys that will try to help you out with our opinions as much as we can. [/QUOTE]
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