Hams try to re-carve the amateur radio spectrum in fight over open or encoded transmissions

Radio enthusiasts argue signals must travel in the open, for the sake of national security
Some people have been using ham radio frequencies for communication that's encrypted or difficult to decipher and others argue that's a threat to national security and a violation of the spirit and rules of amateur radio. Really, it's a fight over whether the amateur radio spectrum remains a hobbyist space or develops as a medium for data traffic.…