"KØHB" wrote in message
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KØHB wrote:

The growth in numbers of Amateurs over the past decade
has been overwhelmingly via the Technician license.

.... since about 1987 or so, most new hams
have started out as Technicians.

Jim, we can nit-pick the semantics if you really think that's productive,
but the two statements above both seem to convey the same notion, which we
might more clearly state "Most new hams since 1991 have entered via the
Technician class which is now the largest single license class in the US,
comprising almost half (47.7%) of the population of licensees in this
country, nearly equal to the combined total population of the three higher
classes.".

73, de Hans, K0HB


In any activity it would be normal for the "beginners" group to be the
largest segment. There are always a lot of people who start activities but
then drop out for a wide variety of reasons.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE