When I first started looking into ham radio, SSTV was cutting-edge. If you couldn't suss out analog schematics and do a fair job of soldering, forget it.
If the amateur bands survive at all, I assume they will be packet-switched. Any sort of IP gateway can link the short-wave IP world to the rest of us in comfy chairs with fast links.
I heard somewhere on 440, repeaters are being used with computer access to get all around the world. I think there's a monthly service fee