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Well just one last questions...
if i get amateur radio license, i can operate my VHF radios legally right?
Someone give me the frequncy amatuer radio people use for their VHF radios. My question wasnt quite answered but someone removed my post so i guess i will just post it again but i will just have it simplified. (This is NOT a rant or anykind)!

Thank You and please i am really confused right now.

You can operate your radios on VHF between 144 and 148 mHz.
You can operate your radios on UHF (if they are UHF) between 420 and 450 mHz.
The information on who operates where and how on these bands is contained in
the study materials for the licenses. Get the study books from ARRL and read
them.

There are a variety of rules and requirements that you are legally bound to follow in order to operate your VHF radios under an amateur license. Programming a radio with the proper frequency is one of your simplest concerns. As mentioned if you are successfull in getting your amateur license, you will know the answers that you are looking for, and more.

You refer to "frequency". There is more than one amateur radio vhf frequency range and more than one amateur radio frequency in each of those ranges.

With an amateur radio license you can legally operate any radio capable of amateur radio frequencies on those amateur radio frequencies and ranges specified in the class of amateur radio license you possess.

You cannot operate the radio on any frequencies outside of the amateur radio bands. You cannot use an amateur radio frequency for any business purposes or for any kind of personal gain.

As you have been told here and on another forum, get a book and learn the rules and technical requirements to hold a license, then take the appropriate exam. If you pass, you can then begin to operate on the amateur vhf frequencies. If you only want to obtain enough info to "get by", then amateur radio is not for you.

thank you for your replies, i guess the point of taking a test is to know this stuff. So thank you for your help and have a nice day.

Hello:
You can take the practice ham test online before actualy going to a
official ham test site.
www.qrz.com or http://www.hamtestonline.com
Good luck.
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US Amateur Radio Bands : http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Hambands_color.pdf

Please be advised there are different levels of license, and not every license can operate on every band.

Everyone has offered excellent advice here; buy one of the Technician class books (even available from Amazon.com), take the free online tests as mentioned above, and then take the real test at a location close to you. Gaining knowledge about your radios will make operating them more enjoyable, and also teach you how to do so safely and legally. Do not be frightened by the "official FCC test"; it's not rocket science, nor a college course in physics, but it does require several hours of concentrated study time.

Just be smart, and follow the rules; government fines are probably quite substantial if one is caught 'misbehaving'.

Your amateur license will only cover the radio you are talking on. The person with the other radio will need their own amateur license.

Give it up! The FCC rules are in place for a reason!

I think we're being a bit... harsh and curmudgeon-ly to the OP... qqcca, getting your amateur radio license is not simply a way to operate your radios, there are rules and operating protocol to stick to. But that doesn't mean it's not enjoyable, either! It can be pretty fun if you use amateur repeaters, etc, and you will meet a lot of people, guaranteed.

Again, like some others said here, don't be discouraged by the prospect of a huge, difficult test: it's not that difficult. Don't study just to know the questions so you can pass the test, try instead to learn some of the things that you will need to know for the test. Better yet, find yourself an elmer, or ham radio mentor in your community. Elmers are a great, wonderful resource, and will sometimes loan you equipment to use if necessary, and are always willing to help out new hams.

the big question yet to be answered by the OP is do you wish to pursue amateur radio as a hobby? if the answer is YES, than by all means you are encouraged to get licensed.

if your desire is merely to use radios for other non-hobby purposes, than amateur radio is NOT the appropriate venue.

He's covered this somewhat in several threads, and I think his answer will be: He just wants to use the high band radios he has on the freqs already in them to talk to the people he travels with in his occupation as a collector. FRS portables apparently don't work well enough. Cellphones don't seem to be an option. The biz band licensing requirements seem too confusing. His local dealers don't seem to be helpful. And he doesn't seem inclined to be a pirate.