Amateur Radio takes over Google...

[MrForbes]

But Morse was dead by the time Marconi did the wireless thing...maybe it's not an amateur radio takeover after all.

Robots took us over years ago

[Taylor]

My wife, who is a hospital pharmacist, told me the story (which I will no doubt convolute here) of a hospital that lost its communication functions for some reason I cannot recall. She said the local ham radio group stepped in, set up a comms system, and saved dozens of lives.
Perhaps the Amateur Radio-eers taking over the world isn't necessarily a bad thing.

edit: a quick Google search (or was it --. --- --- --. .-.. .) showed me several hospitals in America have ham radios as backups in place

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Happy Birthday Samuel F.B. Morse.

Mike,
There are ham emergency comm groups everywhere. Just Google ARES, Amateur Radio Emergency Service. They work with Red Cross, and local and state emergency groups and participate in disaster training and simulation. They are often the first to get communication in disasters like Hurricane Katrina and flooding.

[etgrant69]

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