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Morning all

I love scanning and picking up any type of comms from Marine traffic air traffic dmr shopwatch dare I say pmr when there been used

My question is if I was to get a dmr id. Pass my foundation radio exam would I be gaining anything? I’m not interested talking but listening. I am able to hear my friend dmr hotspot and listen to that side of things.

Is digital haming different to analog ham radioning?

Cheers

Basically no. Officially you're only allowed to listen to broadcasts, ham bands, CB and not much else, although people do. All you will get with a ham licence is a licence to talk on ham bands, nothing more I'm afraid so probably not much use. On the other hand you may learn some new useful stuff on a ham course and it wouldn't hurt to enquire.