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User asked in Consumer ElectronicsOther - Electronics · 9 years ago

Is Amateur radio (Ham) dead?

Just wondering really. Let me know your thoughts. Also you might be able to help. Whats the best HandHeld radio and can I use these frequencies in the UK without a licence? if not which VHF frequencies can I use without a licence?

Frequencies are:

151.820 MHz

151.880 MHz

151.940 MHz

154.570 MHz

154.600 MHz

Thanks Jacques

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  • Bernd
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    Ham Radio is not dead. There are over 2,000,000 people licensed worldwide.

    The 2 meter band tops out at 148 mhz for most of the world. Thus those are not Ham frequencies.

    Why not get a Ham License? I know of children who have passed the exams out here in California.

    Find a club near you and get the ball rolling.

    Look at the link...

    Source(s): http://www.rsgb.org/arls/foundation_licence.php
  • Daniel K
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Ham radio is not dead but it has been on life support for about 20 years.

  • classicsat
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Those are the MURS frequencies. AFAIK, that service is only license free in the USA, and likely even there altogether.

  • Pat
    7 years ago

    For many it may has well be dead, it has been dumbed down so that is has become nothin more than CB.

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