"N2EY" wrote in message
...
In article t, "Bill
Sohl"
writes:

Good thing I never made the argument about code testing
being a barrier.

Agreed!

So we have to wonder why, even after almost four years, so many hams have
not
upgraded. I can think of several reasons:

1) Perfectly happy with the license they have now
2) Don't know what's involved in upgrading
3) Dead, incapacitated, or completely inactive.
4) Haven't gotten around to it yet.
5) Waiting for the requirements to change yet again (for example, there
was a
false rumor some time back that Advanceds would get a free upgrade to
Extra)
6) Can't pass the written tests yet.

I expected the numbers of Advanceds and Tech Pluses to drop faster than
they
have in the 43 months.

Jim,

I agree all those reasons are valid...the difficulty is we have no
way of knowing the breakdown.

I think novice will dry up first...i.e. before Advanced.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK