"N2EY" wrote in message
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Technician - 205,394
Technician Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254

Total all classes - 674,792

As of September 15, 2004:

Novice - 30,349 (decrease of 18,980)
Technician - 263,613 (increase of 58,219)
Technician Plus - 56,802 (decrease of 72,058)
General - 138,738 (increase of 26,061)
Advanced - 78,765 (decrease of 21,017)
Extra - 105,727 (increase of 26,977)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 320,415 (decrease of 13,839)

Total all classes - 673,994 (decrease of 798)

This is the first time a decrease in the total number of individual
licenses has been observed since the restructuring of April 15, 2000.

73 de Jim, N2EY

Interesting. Someone needs to make it clear to the overall population that
with the reduction of the code requirement to 5wpm across the board (none
for Tech) that they were supposed to jump into ham radio in overwhelming
numbers and lead to magnificent growth in the number of hams.

Jim, any way to determine whether the decrease is due primarily to drop outs
or to silent keys?

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE