March 22, 2007 License Numbers
These are the number of current,
unexpired FCC-issued amateur
radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the
percentage of the total number
of active licenses that class contains.
Percentages may not add up to exactly
100.0% due to rounding.
These totals do not include licenses
that have expired but are in the grace
period, nor do they include club, military
and other station-only licenses.
Effective April 15, 2000, FCC no longer issued
new Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced
class licenses, so the numbers of those license
classes have declined steadily since then.
Also since April 15, 2000, FCC has renewed all
existing Technician Plus licenses as Technician.
It is therefore informative to consider the totals of
the two classes, since the Technician class
includes a significant number of Technician Plus
licenses renewed as Technician.
On February 23, 2007, the last Morse Code
test element, the 5 wpm receiving test, was
eliminated as a requirement.
The ARS License Numbers:
As of May 14, 2000:
Novice- 49,329 (7.3%)
Technician - 205,394 (30.4%)
Technician Plus - 128,860 (19.1%)
General - 112,677 (16.7%)
Advanced - 99,782 (14.8%)
Extra - 78,750 (11.7%)
Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254 (49.5%)
Total all classes - 674,792
As of February 22, 2007:
Novice - 22,896 (3.5%)
Technician - 293,508 (44.8%)
Technician Plus - 30,818 (4.7%)
General - 130,138 (19.9%)
Advanced - 69,050 (10.5%)
Extra - 108,270 (16.5%)
Total Tech/TechPlus - 324,326 (49.5%)
Total all classes - 654,680
As of March 1, 2007:
Novice - 22,841 (3.5%)
Technician - 293,031 (44.7%)
Technician Plus - 30,566 (4.7%)
General - 130,969 (20.0%)
Advanced - 68,977 (10.5%)
Extra - 108,462 (16.6%)
Total Tech/TechPlus - 323,597 (49.4%)
Total all classes - 654,846
As of March 14, 2007:
Novice - 22,665 (3.5%)
Technician - 290,131 (44.3%)
Technician Plus - 30,069 (4.6%)
General - 134,124 (20.5%)
Advanced - 68,752 (10.5%)
Extra - 109,075 (16.7%)
Total Tech/TechPlus - 320,200 (48.9%)
Total all classes - 654,816
As of March 22, 2007:
Novice - 22,565 (3.4%)
Technician - 289,520 (44.2%)
Technician Plus - 29,722 (4.5%)
General - 135,235 (20.7%)
Advanced - 68,604 (10.5%)
Extra - 109,230 (16.7%)
Total Tech/TechPlus - 319,242 (48.7%)
Total all classes - 654,876
Changes:
From May 14, 2000, to February 22, 2007:
Novice - decrease of 26,433
Technician - increase of 88,114
Technician Plus - decrease of 98,042
General - increase of 17,461
Advanced - decrease of 30,732
Extra - increase of 29,520
Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 9,928
Total all classes - decrease of 20,112
From May 14, 2000, to March 1, 2007:
Novice - decrease of 26,488
Technician - increase of 87,637
Technician Plus - decrease of 98,294
General - increase of 18,292
Advanced - decrease of 30,805
Extra - increase of 29,712
Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 10,657
Total all classes - decrease of 19,946
From May 14, 2000, to March 14, 2007:
Novice - decrease of 26,664
Technician - increase of 84,737
Technician Plus - decrease of 98,761
General - increase of 21,147
Advanced - decrease of 31,030
Extra - increase of 30,325
Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 14,054
Total all classes - decrease of 19,976
From May 14, 2000, to March 22, 2007:
Novice - decrease of 26,764
Technician - increase of 84,126
Technician Plus - decrease of 99,138
General - increase of 22,558
Advanced - decrease of 31,178
Extra - increase of 30,480
Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 15,012
Total all classes - decrease of 19,916
From February 22, 2007, to March 1, 2007:
Novice - decrease of 55
Technician - decrease of 477
Technician Plus - decrease of 252
General - increase of 831
Advanced - decrease of 73
Extra - increase of 192
Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 729
Total all classes - increase of 166
From February 22, 2007, to March 14, 2007:
Novice - decrease of 231
Technician - decrease of 3,377
Technician Plus - decrease of 749
General - increase of 3,986
Advanced - decrease of 298
Extra - increase of 805
Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 4,126
Total all classes - increase of 136
From February 22, 2007, to March 22, 2007:
Novice - decrease of 331
Technician - decrease of 3,988
Technician Plus - decrease of 1,096
General - increase of 5,097
Advanced - decrease of 446
Extra - increase of 960
Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 5,084
Total all classes - increase of 196
73 de Jim, N2EY
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