[Operator]

Hi scottyd,

You're absolutely right of course !
You don't need any license to listen to radio signals, so you don't need anything to buy equipment for these purposes.

And you're also very right that one should get experience by LISTENING first !
It will get hands-on experience indeed.

However one-way communication will not help in difficult times if there's nobody transmitting ... So for this purpose the ultimate goal people seek is 2-way communication ...

To affirm again how right you are let me add 2 rules (out of 7) that most effective
people seem to follow:

1. Begin with the end goal in mind but ....
2. First seek to understand before being understood

And this applies of course to all topics in this forum.

Cheers