Certainly it is less than 50%, probably less than a third. I seem to recall
hearing a number like 20%, but that is back in some pretty fuzzy gray
matter.

Probably a pretty tough thing to get a handle on. If you were to sample
some random group of licensees, some of the active ones wouldn't respond,
and probably most of the inactive ones wouldn't. So you would know up front
you had a large error, and I can't think of a way to get a handle on how
large. You could probably assume most of the non-responders weren't active,
but certainly not all, and no way to get a handle on that fraction.

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"Michael Coslo" wrote in message
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Another thread got me thinking about the number of active Hams.


Just what percentage of Amateurs are active ones, defining active as
either being on the air regularly, or participating in Amateur related
activities on a regular basis? (like say on a weekly basis?)


Thoughts?


- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -