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I disagree. Extremely few people are interested in amateur radio
these days. Those who were and were turned off or turned away by the
Morse Code exam have found other interests satisfied by the web or
massive amounts of cable/satellite television.

Assuming for the moment that what you say is true (and I completely
disagree), then what would have presented those people from simply losing
interest and moving on to those other things anyway? Isn't that pretty much
what happened with the "Honey Do" hams in the mid-to-late 90's?


Mike, it turns people off and it turns people away. Besides, amateur
radio isn't sexy.

30 years ago radio had more "magic" to it. Today, with the huge number of
wireless devices in society, it simply doesn't seem as 'high tech' as it
used to.