[threemux]

What countries allow general encryption on the ham bands (e.g. not limited exceptions for particular cases)

"The hobby is dying" has been a trope longer than nearly everyone in this thread has been alive - give it a rest.

We've always had allocations because there wasn't a commercial use for it. As soon as there is, we lose it. See the loss of part of 220mhz and all the higher frequencies we're in the process of losing to 5G/other commercial use. I recommend embracing this reality

[apple4ever]

It is dying. ARRL has even said so. I don't care about the past. It's true now.

Nobody said it has to be commercial (but I also disagree with that part), but allowing encryption actually will get people using the radio waves.

Because right now, they are dead. 24/7, nobody transmitting.