We all take instant global communications for granted.
As an example yesterday we had a (free) video call from our son who is staying with his Australian in-laws in Brisbane. The quality was excellent. It was almost as if he was in the next room.
It has not always been easy. I was surprised to read how extensive the telegraph network already was in the mid 1800s. Before that, news was very slow depending on boats, pigeons and dispatch riders. Just imagine life now without the internet. We have grown dependent on it in so many ways.
Just for chatting, we no longer need amateur radio.
But Amateur radio is different we are experimenters, using different modes. Plus when we put out a CQ we never know who may return the call?
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