“Otherwise, a nice piece on what amateur radio can do when SHTF.”
It’s too bad that Ham Radio is dying, and fast.
Someday, we are really going to need it.
Hardly. License holders are at record levels and hams are active from the medium frequencies to microwave.
That's not true. There are more Amateur Radio licensee's today than at any other point in time. There has been a huge influx of new "hams" since the morse code requirement was dropped.
The biggest boom in Amateur Radio right now is in the Digital Modes which integrates Computer technology with Amateur Radio transceivers enabling communication across thousands of miles with very little power output.
JT-65 and PSK-31 are wildly popular right now. I'm into PSK-31, starting to get into JT-65. My overall preference is still SSB Phone (voice.)
I also have a DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) Repeater and C-Bridge (Conference Bridge) that I operate and maintain. DMR is also taking off like wildfire.