BASIC HAM RADIO: Why should listeners get a ham license?

Scanner monitors and SWLs can benefit from becoming licensed amateurs

Shortwave and scanner listeners obviously don’t need a license, but we have always suggested that they become licensed amateur radio operators, even if they choose not to transmit. What’s the benefit?

This is the Ham Radio Outlet store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a haven not only for licensed ham radio operators, but also radio listeners, too. The chain off…