Ham radio operators who use teletypes (RTTY ... You often hear this described as ASCII art, today, although hams usually use 5-bit BAUDOT code, so that’s a misnomer for those images, at least.

Ham radio operators who use teletypes (RTTY ... You often hear this described as ASCII art, today, although hams usually use 5-bit BAUDOT code, so that’s a misnomer for those images, at least.

Fewer children get to learn about ham radio and Morse code these days. From now on, our students can get free training to become a ham. They will be resourceful to the nation in times of crisis.