wrote in
ups.com:

These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:

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 General/Advanced/Extra - 291,209 (43.2%)

Total all classes - 674,792


As of July 1, 2006:

Novice - 24,877 (3.8%) [decrease of 24,452]
Technician - 282,448 (42.9%) [increase of 77,054]
Technician Plus - 37,801 (5.7%) [decrease of 91,059]
General - 132,757 (20.2%) [increase of 20,080]
Advanced - 71,749 (10.9%) [decrease of 28,033]
Extra - 108,185 (16.4%) [increase of 29,435]

Total Tech/TechPlus - 320,049 (48.7%) [decrease of 14,205]

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 312,691 (47.5%) [increase of 21,482]

Total all classes - 657,817 (decrease of 16,975)

Note that these totals do not include licenses
that have expired but are in the grace period.

They also do not include club, military, RACES
or other station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new
Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced licenses
are no longer issued.

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.

73 de Jim, N2EY


They cheapened the license, now nobody decent wants to get one and the FCC
is still thinking of dumbing it down even more. Pretty soon it will be
just CB'ers, lids, and retards that get licensed because testing will get
dumbed down to the point even they can get an extra, then the rest of us
will have to listen to bands that sound like 11 meters.

Slow Code wrote:
wrote in
ups.com:

73 de Jim, N2EY


They cheapened the license, now nobody decent wants to get one and the FCC
is still thinking of dumbing it down even more. Pretty soon it will be
just CB'ers, lids, and retards that get licensed because testing will get
dumbed down to the point even they can get an extra, then the rest of us
will have to listen to bands that sound like 11 meters.
funny they sound that way nNOW esp the HF bands

Bzzzzzttt....wrong. The problem is the old farts fought changes for so
long that the population got interested in other things like computers
and Internet. I mean who the heck wants to learn old, outdated code in
an Internet world. It's not "dumbing down" it's antiquated and not
needed. Sure it's fun if you want to learn it, but why force people to
learn something that is just not necessary? It's not. The change away
from code should have been made 20 years ago.

Actually, you apparently don't even listen to 11 meters because if you
did, you would hear a very quiet band. They've left for the Internet
and cell phones.

I don't know where you come up with this stuff you have been spewing out
lately, but you are grossly out of touch with reality.

There's nothing wrong with appliance operators. Let people communicate
and communicate easily. This is the age of easy to use radios. Radios
with silicon and not old, big, hot glass tubes. The world always changes
and you have to learn to change with it.

So give up your buggy whip, get down from your horse, and learn to drive
a car. We're not going to test you on animal husbandry as it applies to
horses in order for you to get a license to drive a modern car. It's
not dumbing down, it's just evolution.


Slow Code wrote:

They cheapened the license, now nobody decent wants to get one and the FCC
is still thinking of dumbing it down even more. Pretty soon it will be
just CB'ers, lids, and retards that get licensed because testing will get
dumbed down to the point even they can get an extra, then the rest of us
will have to listen to bands that sound like 11 meters.

J. D. B. wrote:
"Bzzzzzttt....wrong. The problem is the old farts fought changes for
so
long that the population got interested in other things like computers

and Internet. I mean who the heck wants to learn old, outdated code in

an Internet world. It's not "dumbing down" it's antiquated and not
needed. Sure it's fun if you want to learn it, but why force people to

learn something that is just not necessary? It's not. The change away

from code should have been made 20 years ago."
indeed well said

" Actually, you apparently don't even listen to 11 meters because if
you
did, you would hear a very quiet band. They've left for the Internet
and cell phones."
indeed they have and that is the fate he truly seem to WANT for the ARS
silence and it demise if he can't have it HIS way

I don't know where you come up with this stuff you have been spewing out
lately, but you are grossly out of touch with reality.

There's nothing wrong with appliance operators. Let people communicate
and communicate easily. This is the age of easy to use radios. Radios
with silicon and not old, big, hot glass tubes. The world always changes
and you have to learn to change with it.

So give up your buggy whip, get down from your horse, and learn to drive
a car. We're not going to test you on animal husbandry as it applies to
horses in order for you to get a license to drive a modern car. It's
not dumbing down, it's just evolution.


Slow Code wrote:

They cheapened the license, now nobody decent wants to get one and the FCC
is still thinking of dumbing it down even more. Pretty soon it will be
just CB'ers, lids, and retards that get licensed because testing will get
dumbed down to the point even they can get an extra, then the rest of us
will have to listen to bands that sound like 11 meters.

"J. D. B." wrote in
:

Bzzzzzttt....wrong. The problem is the old farts fought changes for so
long that the population got interested in other things like computers
and Internet. I mean who the heck wants to learn old, outdated code in
an Internet world. It's not "dumbing down" it's antiquated and not
needed. Sure it's fun if you want to learn it, but why force people to
learn something that is just not necessary? It's not. The change away
from code should have been made 20 years ago.

Actually, you apparently don't even listen to 11 meters because if you
did, you would hear a very quiet band. They've left for the Internet
and cell phones.

I don't know where you come up with this stuff you have been spewing out
lately, but you are grossly out of touch with reality.

There's nothing wrong with appliance operators. Let people communicate
and communicate easily. This is the age of easy to use radios. Radios
with silicon and not old, big, hot glass tubes. The world always changes
and you have to learn to change with it.

So give up your buggy whip, get down from your horse, and learn to drive
a car. We're not going to test you on animal husbandry as it applies to
horses in order for you to get a license to drive a modern car. It's
not dumbing down, it's just evolution.


I know you're right.

Hams just want to be appliance operators these days and they don't want
license exams that will interfere with them getting to those appliances
even though it means being less worthy. I don't see anyone modernizing
like everyone says is happening. They just get their licenses and grab a
microphone. What percentage of hams have a computer connected to a
radio? Probably less than 30%. Hams don't want to modernize. Guess we
just have live with inferior operators on the bands from here on out.
Then again, maybe hams shouldn't be required to be knowledgable or have
skills. Requiring skills and knowledge is too old skool. Everything must
be outcome based these days, even licensing. It ain't like we have to
help out in emergencies or anything. It's Quantity, not quality.


73'sssssssssssssssssssss

Slow Code wrote:
"J. D. B." wrote in
:


So give up your buggy whip, get down from your horse, and learn to drive
a car. We're not going to test you on animal husbandry as it applies to
horses in order for you to get a license to drive a modern car. It's
not dumbing down, it's just evolution.


I know you're right.
and yet you refuse to deal with that reality

Hams just want to be appliance operators these days and they don't want
license exams that will interfere with them getting to those appliances
even though it means being less worthy. I don't see anyone modernizing
like everyone says is happening. They just get their licenses and grab a
microphone. What percentage of hams have a computer connected to a
radio? Probably less than 30%.
well three of my radios are and my moble rigs can be interfaced to a
laptop if I feel the need

and yet I am one of the folsk YOU to have the FCC throw the bands
Hams don't want to modernize.
one fo the few thing you get right

you don't want to modernize either BTW
Guess we
just have live with inferior operators on the bands from here on out.
Then again, maybe hams shouldn't be required to be knowledgable or have
skills.
you keep drinking the product of the sour grapes and you will never
notice if any body is on the bands
Requiring skills and knowledge is too old skool. Everything must
be outcome based these days, even licensing. It ain't like we have to
help out in emergencies or anything. It's Quantity, not quality.


73'sssssssssssssssssssss

grow up if you can cowardly troll

Slow Code wrote:
"J. D. B." wrote in
:


So give up your buggy whip, get down from your horse, and learn to drive
a car. We're not going to test you on animal husbandry as it applies to
horses in order for you to get a license to drive a modern car. It's
not dumbing down, it's just evolution.


I know you're right.
and yet you refuse to deal with that reality

Hams just want to be appliance operators these days and they don't want
license exams that will interfere with them getting to those appliances
even though it means being less worthy. I don't see anyone modernizing
like everyone says is happening. They just get their licenses and grab a
microphone. What percentage of hams have a computer connected to a
radio? Probably less than 30%.
well three of my radios are and my moble rigs can be interfaced to a
laptop if I feel the need

and yet I am one of the folsk YOU to have the FCC throw the bands
Hams don't want to modernize.
one fo the few thing you get right

you don't want to modernize either BTW
Guess we
just have live with inferior operators on the bands from here on out.
Then again, maybe hams shouldn't be required to be knowledgable or have
skills.
you keep drinking the product of the sour grapes and you will never
notice if any body is on the bands
Requiring skills and knowledge is too old skool. Everything must
be outcome based these days, even licensing. It ain't like we have to
help out in emergencies or anything. It's Quantity, not quality.


73'sssssssssssssssssssss

grow up if you can cowardly troll

wrote:
get help sicko

wrote:
get help sicko