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How ham radio endures

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161 points CrankyBear | 4 comments | 14 Oct 24 17:26 UTC | HN request time: 1.055s | source
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sudb ◴[16 Oct 24 14:35 UTC] No.41859518[source]▶
This youtube video by No Boilerplate (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcF6tvepRlg) was a great summary and really got my interest up initially but I personally got bogged down quite quickly by the prospect of having to learn Morse Code
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1. abrahms ◴[16 Oct 24 16:41 UTC] No.41861112[source]▶
You don't have to learn morse code to pass the initial HAM test.
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2. cschneid ◴[16 Oct 24 18:23 UTC] No.41862085[source]▶
In the US, I don't believe morse is required for any tier of license anymore. For sure, I have my general and don't know it.
3. bigfishrunning ◴[16 Oct 24 18:49 UTC] No.41862415[source]▶
Or any ham test in the united states (note: learning Morse code is worth doing anyway)
4. agiacalone ◴[19 Oct 24 19:38 UTC] No.41890144[source]▶
Yes, it's any ham test in the U.S.

The sw code (morse) portion was eliminated back in the 2000s.