ARS License Numbers September 2007
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 September 4, 2007:
Novice - 21,341 (3.3%)
Technician - 289,021 (44.1%)
Technician Plus - 24,602 (3.8%)
General - 142,286 (21.7%)
Advanced - 66,923 (10.2%)
Extra - 111,413 (17.0%)
Total Tech/TechPlus - 313,623 (47.8%)
Total all classes - 655,586
As of September 15, 2007:
Novice - 21,254 (3.2%)
Technician - 289,491 (44.1%)
Technician Plus - 24,255 (3.7%)
General - 142,395 (21.7%)
Advanced - 66,841 (10.2%)
Extra - 111,477 (17.0%)
Total Tech/TechPlus - 313,746 (47.8%)
Total all classes - 655,713
As of September 23, 2007:
Novice - 21,182 (3.2%)
Technician - 289,750 (44.2%)
Technician Plus - 24,006 (3.7%)
General - 142,426 (21.7%)
Advanced - 66,681 (10.2%)
Extra - 111,522 (17.0%)
Total Tech/TechPlus - 313,756 (47.9%)
Total all classes - 655,567
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 September 4, 2007:
Novice - decrease of 27,988
Technician - increase of 83,627
Technician Plus - decrease of 104,258
General - increase of 29,609
Advanced - decrease of 32,859
Extra - increase of 32,663
Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 20,631
Total all classes - decrease of 19,206
From May 14, 2000, to September 15, 2007:
Novice - decrease of 28,075
Technician - increase of 84,097
Technician Plus - decrease of 104,605
General - increase of 29,718
Advanced - decrease of 32,941
Extra - increase of 32,727
Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 20,508
Total all classes - decrease of 19,079
From May 14, 2000, to September 23, 2007:
Novice - decrease of 28,147
Technician - increase of 84,356
Technician Plus - decrease of 104,854
General - increase of 29,749
Advanced - decrease of 33,101
Extra - increase of 32,722
Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 20,498
Total all classes - decrease of 19,225
From February 22, 2007, to September 4, 2007:
Novice - decrease of 1,555
Technician - decrease of 4,487
Technician Plus - decrease of 6,216
General - increase of 12,148
Advanced - decrease of 2,127
Extra - increase of 3,143
Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 10,703
Total all classes - increase of 906
From February 22, 2007, to September 15, 2007:
Novice - decrease of 1,642
Technician - decrease of 4,017
Technician Plus - decrease of 6,563
General - increase of 12,257
Advanced - decrease of 2,209
Extra - increase of 3,207
Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 10,580
Total all classes - increase of 1,033
From February 22, 2007, to September 23, 2007:
Novice - decrease of 1,714
Technician - decrease of 3,758
Technician Plus - decrease of 6,812
General - increase of 12,288
Advanced - decrease of 2,369
Extra - increase of 3,252
Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 10,570
Total all classes - increase of 887
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