If this sh*t really goes down, you won’t need a damn license...
That’s true. But you need to understand the mechanics and how the radios work. It’s worth getting your lowest level license. It took about a month of practice tests on my iPad.
Yeah, I tested my 2M once, just a short illicit transmission to see if a photon beam weapon from an NSA satellite would take me out. Nothing. Must not have got a good lock on me. To the other poster: Been reading about this stuff and building electronics for 40 years. I do know the mechanics.