> I think the requirement for demonstrating Morse by hand in order to obtain a HF license will be dropped if it isn’t already The Morse requirement was dropped

> I think the requirement for demonstrating Morse by hand in order to obtain a HF license will be dropped if it isn’t already The Morse requirement was dropped by the FCC for all license classes back in 2006. But even with SDR making radio experimentation easier and more rewarding than ever ham radio seems to be continuing its slow decline and the average age of operations continues to rise... and we continue to lose spectrum (e.g. we just lost the 9cm band).