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Taken from Saugertine Times<\/a>\u2026 check<\/strong> out the entire article\u2026 there.<\/p>\n

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Why is ham radio<\/strong> more popular than ever?<\/p>\n

by Nick Henderson on Nov 10, 2014 \u2022 6:42 am<\/a><\/p>\n

With a smartphone in every pocket, isn\u2019t amateur radio<\/strong> a thing of the past?<\/p>\n

The answer, as was clear at the Woodstock Rescue Squad Headquarters on a recent Saturday afternoon, is no, far from it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYear to year [the number of licenses issued is] increasing, which is not what most people would tend to expect,\u201d said Keith Tilley, certified instructor with the American Radio Relay League.<\/p>\n

The occasion was a two-day licensing class organized by the 55-member-strong Overlook Mountain Amateur Radio Club, which was founded in the 1960s. Participants learned the basics, took a test<\/strong> and received their call<\/strong> signs a few days later.<\/p>\n

Over 725,000 Americans have ham radio<\/strong> licenses, up more than 60 percent since 1981, according to NPR. Perhaps part of the appeal is the charm of analog, which has made LPs the fastest growing music format in recent years not transmitted over a wire. Compared with the amount of incoming data on a web browser with several social networking and messaging apps running, ham radio<\/strong> is refreshingly focused. Another factor: preppers. Our increasing interconnectedness and diminished self-reliance have nurtured a certain strain of anxiety that can only be relieved by having all supplies on hand<\/strong> for a worst-case scenario\u2014 including communications.<\/p>\n

But surely the single largest factor in the recent growth of ham radio<\/strong> was the FCC\u2019s 2007 decision to do away with the Morse code requirement for all operators.<\/p>\n

Tags: ham radio<\/p>\n

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Taken from Saugertine Times\u2026 check out the entire article\u2026 there.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Why is ham radio more popular than ever?<\/p>\n

by Nick Henderson on Nov 10, 2014 \u2022 6:42 am<\/p>\n

With a smartphone in every pocket, isn\u2019t amateur radio a thing of the past?<\/p>\n

The answer, as was clear at the Woodstock Rescue Squad Headquarters on a recent Saturday afternoon, is no, far from it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYear to year [the number of licenses issued is] increasing, which is not what most people would tend to expect,\u201d said Keith Tilley, certified instructor with the American Radio Relay League.<\/p>\n

The occasion was a two-day licensing class organized by the 55-member-strong Overlook Mountain Amateur Radio Club, which was founded in the 1960s. Participants learned the basics, took a test and <\/p>\n

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