[4Runner]

You used to need to learn how to receive and send Morse code to pass the test for a ham license. However if memory serves that requirement may have been dropped recently but am not certain.

[9YearLurker]

Morse no longer needed.

[econjack]

That requirement was dropped in 2006.

[PAR35]

https://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/contacts/headlines/MorseCodeElim.pdf

[Disambiguator]

That is no longer a requirement, but an option.

[spokeshave]

You used to need to learn how to receive and send Morse code to pass the test for a ham license

Passed my 12 wpm Morse code test at age 14..at the official testing center in London.

Fortunately my school science club had a ham radio teacher who helped

Best bent wire

[Wiser now]

It dropped off several decades ago.