Bobsprit wrote:

My friend told me I need to learn morse code,

I thought there were classes of licence where morse wasn't needed. (There's
been a non-morse class in the UK for years.)


radio theory, rules and regulations

To be an uncaught and unlicenced operator, you'd have to know enough of the
rules and regs to know what to avoid, and enough about radio theory to be
able to avoid them. IOW, you could be caught if you operate the set and
cause interference to others. Since you have to know stuff, you might as
well do the test and get the ticket.


in order to pass the Ham license test.

I did the novice test in the UK years ago - it was more technical than the
marine VHF one, but I wouldn't say it was hard. I do have some background in
electronics, which probably helped, but ISTR it was basic stuff like ohms
law.


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