Ham Radio? Is That Still A Thing? – In Compliance Magazine – by incompliancemag.com

Someone noticed an Amateur Radio logo I was wearing and asked the question, adding that a relative had been a “Ham” once upon a time, but does “Ham Radio” really still exist because “Didn’t cell phones do away with all that?”

How ham radio endures – and remains a disaster lifeline – in the iPhone era – By Editorial ZDNet

When I was a kid living near Grantsville, West Virginia, a few neighbors were into amateur ham radio. I found their analog electronics and antennas and their mastery of Morse code fascinating.