Most of the RF hacking anymore is being done in ISM band with LORA and the like. The HAM industry is almost entirely catering towards boomers on expensive HF sets chewing the fat. I got my tech license a few years back and the free issue of the ARRL magazine I was sent had two retirees on the cover talking into expensive mics, seated in their lavish radio shacks. Yeah this hobby is not for hackers.