[You just got your GMRS license, now you want your own repeater?]

very new to the gmrs radio    had no responses for radio check    learned that I needed to contact a repeater in my area and request to use that station.  Have not heard yet as to if I will be able to use that repeater.   If this does not help with communication I think I will go to ham radio.  Looking at study of technician license    study of 1  had them in sections... HRE-Tech   did the 1st 4 and missed 1 on a practice test.   looked further down and the ones with diagrams will probably be the most difficuolt

 

I would like to know if it is okay to purchase a ham ....just to listen until I get my license.