an_old_friend wrote:
your point in these looks like biweekly updates?

Simple:

They provide a running record of the number of licensed
amateurs in the USA, by license class. Growth and decline
over time can be seen. And the information will be preserved
as long as rrap is archived somewhere.

It should be noted that the number of US hams grew slightly after the
rules changes of April 2000, peaking in early 2003. Since then, all the
gain has gone and the totals are now almost 10,000 below what they were
before the rules changes.



wrote:
These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Technician - 205,394
Technician Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254

Total all classes - 674,792

As of July 15, 2005:

Novice - 28,080 (decrease of 21,249)
Technician - 269,658 (increase of 64,264)
Technician Plus - 48,064 (decrease of 80,796)
General - 136,377 (increase of 23,700)
Advanced - 75,730 (decrease of 24,052)
Extra - 106,908 (increase of 28,158)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 317,722 (decrease of 16,532)

Total all classes - 664,817 (decrease of 9,975)

Note that these totals do not include licenses
that have expired but are in the grace period.

They also do not include club, military, RACES
or other station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new
Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced licenses
are no longer issued, and that all existing
Technician Plus licenses are being renewed as
Technician.

73 de Jim, N2EY