Close, But No Cigar
Amateur (ham) radio
Knowledge of Morse Code is no longer required, but interest in
radio technology
appears to have been supplanted by computers and the Internet, and
the ranks of
amateur radio operators have been dwindling for several years.

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Incidentally, shortwave, as a government form of propaganda is virtually dead. Voice of America, BBC, and a few smaller outlets are about all that is left.
Here's a quote from the ARRL:
01/15/2013
As 2012 came to a close, ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, had a good reason to cheer: The number of radio amateurs in the US reached an all-time high of almost 710,000. “2012 was definitely a banner year for the number of Amateur Radio operators here in the US,” she said. “It is amazing to see these new numbers and to know that Amateur Radio is experiencing such a healthy trend.”
My most fun in ham radio was competing in the June and September VHF contests as part of the W2SZ multioperator team on the summit of Mt. Greylock in western Massachusetts.
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