"Carl R. Stevenson" wrote in message ...
"N2EY" wrote in message
...
These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Tech - 205,394
Tech Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750
Total - 674,792


As of September 1, 2003:

Novice - 33,156 (decrease of 16,173)
Technician - 257,830 (increase of 52,436)
Technician Plus - 65,928 (decrease of 62,932)
General - 141,402 (increase of 28,725)
Advanced - 82,931 (decrease of 16,851)
Extra - 104,512 (increase of 25,762)
Total - 685,759 (increase of 10,967)

73 de Jim, N2EY


So ... 54.8158101% of US hams will immediately benefit from
dropping the Morse test (Techs/total of all classes, since Novices
already have 5 wpm credit for life.

No, they won't. You are mistaken. Math error!

Both Novices and most (but not all!) code-tested Techs have 5 wpm
credit for life. Check Part 97.

Interesting fact ... I'll have to remember that for my comments. Thanks.

You might want to get your facts right before embarrassing yourself,
Carl.

All Tech Pluses, as well as an unknown number of Techs, already have
credit for all of the code testing now required. The 257,830
Technicians on the books consist of the following:

- Techs who don't have the credit (never passed the test)
- Techs who don't have the credit (passed the test but let the CSCE
expire)
- Techs who have the credit (Tech Pluses who did a post-restructure
renewal)
- Techs who have the credit (valid CSCE)
- Techs who have the credit (Novices who did a post-restructure
upgrade)

Of these, only the first two groups will "benefit". The rest won't.
How many are in each group? You tell us. But remember that for more
than three years all Tech Pluses have been renewed as Techs.

You might want to check your math, too. Even if all 257,830 Techs are
counted as not having code test credit, 257,830/685,759 is
37.5977....%, not the 54+% you posted.

If we take the number of the first two groups as 210,000, (which is
reasonable considering new license issues, renewal and upgrade rates),
the percentage drops to less than 31%.

BIG differences from 54%.

You still want to tell FCC that 54.8158101% of US hams will
immediately benefit from dropping the Morse test? Be my guest.

Now if the number of US hams who are active NCI members is (let's be
generous) 4,000, that's 0.583....%



73 de Jim, N2EY

FISTS #4360