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04-01-2025, 09:36 PM
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Is that what happened? DOGE cancelled licensing for all amateur radios? Does that count include HAM? I only paid a few bucks for my GMRS license anyway. Does that mean you need a license, but it doesn’t cost anything? Do I still have to take the test? Or just ask for the license and they send it (like a CB license back in the day)? Will there be any free Obama radios, or was that just cell phones?
Wait. If I’m a HAM, can I use my UV-5R’s like a walkie talkie?
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I didn't see anything about ham radio licensing changes on the FCC site, so I'm taking a wait and see attitude on it.
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Lots of chatter about this in different Facebook groups, it’s happening or it’s not happening
Nothing but chatter from what I can tell
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