Mike Coslo wrote:
K=D8HB wrote:
wrote in message
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K=D8HB 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.".

Even if we do pick the nits, you have a point that is valid. A lot
of
Technicians elect not to join the ARRL.

During the time that I was a Tech, I didn't think that the league
was
relevant to what I was doing in Ham radio.

You know, stuff like helping with walkathons, 4-H events, Bike
races....

Sound familiar to what you wrote? For about 2 years, the type of Ham

you spoke of was ME.

After I got my General license, I decided that ARRL was relevant to
my
new interests.

You echo Len's observation. The ARRL is about HF radio using Morse
Code.