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well 146.520 is the national calling frequency on 2m, and 446.000 is the national calling frequency on 70cm. if you buy a ham radio, and are unlicensed, it is ILLEGAL to operate (transmit), but you can always listen. those two frequencies are used as a "lobby" basically to make simplex communications (radio to radio), once you make a contact with someone, people generally QSY (move to another frequency close by). yaesu makes a radio for about 70 dollars, dont buy a baofeng, they are shit. and study for your license. please respect the airwaves, we take a test and pay for a license to use the service, please dont abuse it.
tl;dr 146.520 AND 446.000, you are not allowed to transmit unlicensed unless there is no other way to communicate and you have an absolute emergency that is life-or-death
Thank you!! Yes, I’m purely listening and am studying for the exam. I really, really appreciate the breakdown
no problemo fren. thats what we're here for, to help each other out. check out hamstudy.org you dont need to remember why everything works, you just need to memorize all the answers. its a 35 question test, you need to get 27 correct. trust me, im a general. you'll kill yourself trying to remember all the reasons why the answers are the way they are. for now, just focus on memorizing the answers to all 400 possible questions they are going to ask you. once you are licensed, you have all the time in the world to learn WHY all this stuff works the way it does.
CW (morse code) is not required anymore, but you should learn it later. theres a fun app to learn it on your phone, its called "MorseMania"
download the hamstudy.org app to your phone, for either Android/iOS and bookmark the site as well on your computer!