Do You Have to Be Licensed to Operate UHF VHF?

You have to be licensed as a technician. You can operate on the HF bands, but only with Morse code,. And then you upgrade to general, and that gives you the ability to operate on theHF bands. A lot of our operators are able to communicate locally, but they can also take a situation report. So we're able to email their loved ones outside the area and send texts to their phones using ham radio.