How ham radio endures

I'm a an operator myself. To be honest: Ham radio - in my opinion - is slowly dying.

At some point there was a split between the ham radio and opensource scene. There are still some connections, but the majority is gone. It's IMHO pretty much a question of mentality ("No license? Underling").

A lot of software/hardware there isn't opensource but badly written shareware and the entire thing seems to be stuck in the past. Have a look at this VARA stuff.. that list endlessy can be continued.

hard to completely agree, wsjtx is a good example

logging software has enjoyed some fatcats for a while for sure tho