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January 1st 05, 04:04 PM

wrote:

These are the numbers of amateur licenses held by individuals on the
stated dates:

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 December 31, 2004:

Novice - 29,765 (decrease of 19,564)
Technician - 265,534 (increase of 60,140)
Technician Plus - 54,152 (decrease of 74,708)
General - 138,287 (increase of 25,610)
Advanced - 77,948 (decrease of 21,834)
Extra - 106,087 (increase of 27,337)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 319,686 (decrease of 14,568)

Total all classes - 671,773 (decrease of 3019)
73 es HNY de Jim, N2EY

So Jim, filtering out the big drop due to the "honeydo" Technicians
dropping out, what are the numbers? When we see that big 14.5K drop in
Technicians, I would assume that some of the drop was due to upgrading,
but most to that dropoff.

All in all, when considering that big deficit, it looks like we could
be climbing out of that hole eventually?

- Mike KB3EIA -