On Tue, 31 May 2005 17:06:29 -0500, Dr.Ace - WH2T wrote:

The total number of US Licensed Amateurs .


Total all classes (5/14/00) - 674,792
Total all Classes (4/21/03) - 687,860
Total all classes (9/6/04 ) - 674,788
Total all classes (4/3/05) - 667,318

Total loss of 7,474 since 5/14/2000 ( Was 674,792)
Total loss of 7,470 since 9/6/2004 ( Was 674,788)
Total Loss of 20,542 since 4/2003 (all time high of 687,860)


http://www.ac6v.com/history.htm

http://www.qrz.com/ib-bin/ikonboard....ST&f=3&t=88500

Ace - WH2T

The problem is not total number of Licenses its Number of ACTIVE hams.

Best estimates are that less than 25% of licensed Hams are active.
Since there are no real accurate way to measure this its an estimate based
on Memberships in various ham organizations vs licensed.


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Korbin Dallas
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