Isn’t ham radio on the decline?
Ham bands are not deserted and ham radio is not dying. Ham radio has more licensees than ever. Ham opponents post comments that every time they’ve listened to ham radio, it’s been dead. You never hear any details. Was it HF, VHF, UHF? Were they listening on a band that is subject to the effects of propagation which change based on time-of-day and solar conditions, and were just listening to a band that was dead due to radio conditions? They don’t know. But in this online world, anecdotal evidence seems to carry as much weigh as a ten year study. It should be noted that on many weekends, it can be difficult to find an open, unused frequency on several HF bands. Statistics on the number of ham radio operators in the world is here .
