On May 6, 8:07�pm, "George" wrote:
I'm totally surprised. I was under the impression that ham radio had
declined in popularity over the decades!

The numbers say otherwise. And they have for many years.

Note that the 1930s, which were dominated by the Great Depression,
saw an enormous rise in the number of US hams and the popularity of
amateur radio. Yet the 1960s, a time of prosperity, saw almost no
growth and an actual decline in popularity.

Some might blame the 1960s numbers on "incentive licensing", but those
changes didn't go into effect until very late in that decade (November
1968). And the growth came back in the 1970s and 1980s, when those
changes had their greatest effect.

73 de Jim, N2EY