"Dr.Ace - WH2T" wrote in message
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The total number of US Licensed Amateurs .

1917 - about 6,000


1928 - about 17,000


1936 - about 46,000


1950 - near 90,000


1956 - over 140,000


1958 - about 160,000


1963 - over 250,000


1977 - 327,000

1989 - over 500,000

1997 June - 678,473

2001 Jan 1 - 682,240

2002 Oct 31 -- 684,355



How about adding the general population figures so we could calculate the
growth in hams versus the growth in the overall population.