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Lol, I like the idea of a Baofeng license. ๐คฃ
10W at 2m, 70cm and 10m. Except for the 10m, which I have never heard anyone use (*), that fits pretty well with the idea of giving high school kids an aliexpress handheld to get them into STEM.
The ugly part is, you need to do the same regulatory and legal questionnaire that you need to do for the larger licenses.
"N Lizenz" in Germany, for reference
(*) I just remembered that 10m is basically CB, but Ham. So if you find/inherit an old CB radio and want to experiment, it might be a really cheap way into the hobby.
I have a set of Baofeng type radios but no idea how to really use it yet.
As always, the answer is "it depends" :D
Feel free to PM me or ask in a new post
I can't trouble you or anyone with that, lol, I have zero knowledge, it would be like teaching a toddler.
You do realize that this hobby consists of nerds and pensioners, who sometimes spend thousands on being able to talk to other nerds?
If anything, you might need to politely stop people from over-sharing all the cool stuff they made.. :D
LMAO, very very fair point. ๐คฃ