Is anyone else thinking about going back to old school tactics of the ham radio. With the build up of fediverse, Meta, flock, Alphabet and now LG tv’s now spying on us in our own homes, getting a ham license and building one of these from scratch would not only gain some different kind of knowledge, but maybe if internet/cellular networks were to fail or get “taken over” there would be a backup system of communication. The old string and can trick only works with your neighbors. I know there is some serious ramifications if you don’t get licensed and tap into ham radio frequencies, and it doesn’t take much to get one… I don’t know if ‘tuning that dial” is dying out. But we may need to. Maybe it’s a dooms-day prepper kinda thing for me to say, and I don’t consider myself one at all since I only have 3 rolls of toilet paper in my house albeit I am a Costco member. I’m just curious if anyone else that is pulling away from the fediverse is also thinking about learning the Ham radio Trade also?
I'm not opposed to the exams, just the in-person exams. Hold them online and I'll do it tomorrow. I would actually be in favour of online exams for CB radios as well, because they are a complete shit-show at the best of times.
I think the bigger issue is using CB radios on ham bands, especially as the hand held CB radios from China are of very questionable quality/performance. They also have shit antennae usually. One of mine can transmit on airplane frequencies, which is very illegal.