K=D8HB wrote:
Question 1: If Icom/Ten-Tec/Yaesu-Standard/MFJ/Kenwood-Trio left the ama=
teur
radio equipment market this afternoon, in ten years amateur radio would b=
e:

a) Revitalized as a experimenters technical hobby
b) Extinct

c) I'd use ICOM, Ten-Tec, Yaesu/Vertex, or Kenwood commercial gear.
Wouldn't you?

Question 2: If you were 'inventing' amateur radio today, would you inclu=
de a
Morse examination in the license qualification?
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a) Yes
b) No

No.