Based on the period of 3 March 2007 to 3 December 2007, the US
amateur radio individual licensee totals have changed as follows:

New: 20,901 Expired: 19,739

Compared to an averaged 9 month period prior to 3 March 2007:*

New: 16,957 Expired: 21,822

The total number of individual licensees was 711,175 on 3 Mar 07
and that changed to 711,892 on 3 Dec 07 for a net gain of 717 in
nine months. That is a 0.1% growth rate.

* Prior 12 month period total changes divided by 12, then multiplied
by 9 to approximate a 9-month averaged period for comparison.

In short, nothing much has happened to numbers, no significant
changes either way. Class changes are another matter. All data
obtained from www.hamdata.com FCC Information page.

73, Len AF6AY