A Morse code test is no longer a required part of the Ham radio tests. It still is one helluva lot of fun, though: My buddy just chatted from Denver to Paris on a 2 watt Morse rig.
So, anybody can CW, code speed requirements no longer a requirement? Learn as you go I guess. Just curious.
I caught a CB radio skip one day from Boston to where I was in Bavaria. Guy was talking about alternate routes south of Boston to escape bumper-to-bumper traffic on the highway. Of course it probably helped that I was using a very, very large antenna when I caught his transmission. :-)