"Dee Flint" wrote in message
...
Using your numbers plus the census data closest in date to your data gives
the following:

Year
Hams
General Population
Hams as a Percent of Population

1917
6,000
103,268,000
0.006%

1928
17000
120,509,000
0.014%

1936
46000
128,053,180
0.036%

1950
90000
152,271,417
0.059%

1956
140000
168,903,031
0.083%

1958
160000
174,984,130
0.091%

1963
250000
189,241,798
0.132%

1977
327000
211,908,788
0.154%

1989
500000
246,819,230
0.203%

1997
678473
267,783,607
0.253%

2001
682240
281,674,017
0.242%

2002
684355
287,941,220
0.238%




Looks more like a leveling off than "dying" to me.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE


Dee,
I agree, just because amateur radio is not growing at this time doesn't
mean it is dying.
Ace - WH2T