Hi, I think it is because of a lack of awareness. People think why go with radio communications now when I have the Internet that can do the exact same thing without all of the learning involved, but they are missing out on a lot of aspects they wouldn't get with the Internet, but would with ham radio. What do you all think? I think that one reason why they reduced the code requirements was so that they could keep ham radio a live and to get more interested. I think that there are lot of people out there who wouldn't get into ham radio because of the code requirements, and my understanding is that in some countries code is pretty much done away altogether. For example, in Afghanistan I have heard you can get a ticket for next to nothing. On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, chuck lunkley wrote: > Fellow hams, > > Do you think that the reason for the lack of activity on some of the > ham bands is related to the popularity of computer technology? >