Do you REALLY need that ham license?

[Highlander]

I am not sure I agree with you,.. for a start off, many people enjoy simply listening to amateur radio broadcasts, you dont need a license to do that.

If we are talking about after an event, then many people will simply switch on to find out whats going on, even if they are only covering the lower frequencies and listening to commercial radio stations, many will not want to broadcast at all, but still understand that a good radio is they best way to gather knowledge about what has happened/is happening

For those that want to broadcast after an event, then I doubt very much that radio protocol is going to mean much,.. you might not want to answer a none call-sign operator, but there are many more that would

Just to add, that I dont hold a license, but I am sitting next to a HF all mode Yaesu FT-902DM transceiver, that I listen to often,... and I also have another amateur radio in a Faraday cage