Unfortunately, hams don't seem to actually use radio for much except complaining about their ailments and/or Windows 95 PCs.
I say this as someone who went through the trouble of acquiring a license, getting VHF and HF rigs, and then discovering that it's a wasteland of "So what kinda radio you got there?". The government's forbidding of encrypted traffic also helps ensure no-one will use it for anything more important than complaining about "kids these days and their computers".
> The government's forbidding of encrypted traffic also helps ensure no-one will use it for anything more important than complaining about "kids these days and their computers".
Isn't that pretty much the use case of steganography?
Yeah, if you don't have the codebook HAM discussion will be very bland.
Darn kids = Federal government
Computers = Intelligence agencies
arthritis = surveilance
getting old = getting ready to commence with the plan
mortgage = jail term
"Yeah, Dan. I hear you about them darn kids and their computers... I hear Bob's just about got his mortgage paid off finally, but I'm getting old and my arthritis is acting up, so I'm going to sign off for tonight."
I say this as someone who went through the trouble of acquiring a license, getting VHF and HF rigs, and then discovering that it's a wasteland of "So what kinda radio you got there?". The government's forbidding of encrypted traffic also helps ensure no-one will use it for anything more important than complaining about "kids these days and their computers".