Also, because I didn’t think about at the time I wrote the last response to your question, the fact is during an emergency no one needs a license to talk on a ham radio.
However, because there are protocols and some language things to learn to talk on Ham Frequencies correctly, it is advised to at least get the Technician license to get to know the basics.
One other thing worth noting from my personal experience with “some” in the ham radio world; many are radio snobs. Most are not but those who are in leadership positions seem to be the worst of the bunch. Why this is I don’t know.
In their world apparently you ain’t shit if you aren’t doing this or that. In my world I look at them and think what small and petty people they are for even thinking that way.
Like I said; I don’t know why they have this attitude. I can only guess it’s because they had to study and learn knowledge most people don’t know which somehow makes some of them feel superior to those who don’t know what they know about a hobby most people couldn’t care less about.
I was very disappointed to find this caliber of people in this hobby. Very disappointed.
Kind of think it’s because they are having to deal with all the rules and regs of the FCC and gov’t trying to take the Ham Band widths. The few I’ve met at parties have been nice, but this is a rural area and different mind set.