In article et, "Dan/W4NTI"
w4nti@get rid of this mindspring.com writes:

"N2EY" wrote in message
. com...
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 October 15, 2003:

Novice - 32,977 (decrease of 16,352)
Technician - 257,303 (increase of 51,909)
Technician Plus - 64,686 (decrease of 64,174)
General - 141,313 (increase of 28,636)
Advanced - 82,589 (decrease of 17,193)
Extra - 104,670 (increase of 25,920)
Total - 683,538 (increase of 8,746)

73 de Jim, N2EY

How Come with all these 'new' Ektra class tickets they STILL ain't covering
the HF bands?

Good question.

Back in May 14 2000, the total number of Generals/Advanceds/Extras (license
classes with lots of HF/MF privileges) was 291,209

On October 15, 2003, that total was 328,562, an increase of 37,353. About 12.8%
in 3-1/2 years.


73 de Jim, N2EY