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> - Morse code I would argue that Morse code is not only alive and well in the amateur radio hobby but actively being adopted by younger people both in and out
by doom2 9mo ago
> - Morse code
I would argue that Morse code is not only alive and well in the amateur radio hobby but actively being adopted by younger people both in and out of the hobby. I just got a holiday card from a college friend whose 6 year old has taken an interest in Morse code despite knowing nothing about the existence of amateur radio.
- lucyjojo 9mo agoham radio license holders in japan: 1994 ~1.3M 2025 340k (lots of old people) and they dropped morse code from the exam requirements in 2011.
- doom2 9mo agoOk? Just because there has been a drop in the number of licensees and the exam no longer requires Morse code wouldn't necessarily put Morse on a list of "methods of transferring information we may have lost historically that we don't even recognize". At least in the US, ham radio is far from a dying hobby and Morse code is actively being learned by people of all ages.