The hobby of Amateur Radio must review its product and its market positioning and adapt, as necessary, to the new market realities of the 21st century. The goal is to gain recognition and acceptance of the new market realities within which Amateur Radio exists. Then, move forward by discussing where we should go from here. To avoid leaving you with a sense of doom, we will mention some of the many positives that exist in the Amateur Radio Service. In the Sky .
Amateur radio has many positives going for it.
TAPR is focusing their future digital communications expertise on the development and expansion of spread spectrum technologies in the Amateur service. We encourage you to visit their web site and become involved. Our sense of community and friendship, and our self training remain strong. Having lived in rural areas, we can assure many people that ham radio provides essential life saving communications where commercial systems don't dare to tread and where the volunteer spirit of amateur radio operators provides a train corp of volunteers in times of need. In the U.S., we have grown accustomed to justifying our existence in a pragmatic way by pointing to our involvement in public service, emergency communications, educational opportunities and programs, experimentation and technological advancement.