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Only a relative handful of people build their own planes, vs.
650,000 hams in the USA alone. About the closest group to beating us in
public visibility is probably those guys and gals with the battling robots
with buzz saws on PBS robot wars, right? ;-) ;-)
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How many of the above 650,000 hams have really built something in connection
with amateur radio ?

Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH