bb wrote:

Mike Coslo wrote:

KØHB wrote:

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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.".

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.


And lots of other modes too.

- Mike KB3EIA -