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

Percentages may not add up to exactly
100.0% due to rounding.

These totals do not include licenses
that have expired but are in the grace
period, nor do they include club, military
and other station-only licenses.

Effective April 15, 2000, FCC no longer issued
new Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced
class licenses, so the numbers of those license
classes have declined steadily since then.

Also 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.

On February 23, 2007, the last Morse Code
test element, the 5 wpm receiving test, was
eliminated as a requirement.

The ARS License Numbers:

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 all classes - 674,792


As of February 22, 2007:

Novice - 22,896 (3.5%)
Technician - 293,508 (44.8%)
Technician Plus - 30,818 (4.7%)
General - 130,138 (19.9%)
Advanced - 69,050 (10.5%)
Extra - 108,270 (16.5%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 324,326 (49.5%)

Total all classes - 654,680


As of November 1, 2007:

Novice - 20,916 (3.2%)
Technician - 291,761 (44.5%)
Technician Plus - 22,806 (3.5%)
General - 142,680 (21.7%)
Advanced - 66,117 (10.1%)
Extra - 111,736 (17.0%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 314,567 (48.0%)

Total all classes - 656,016


As of November 12, 2007:

Novice - 20,789 (3.2%)
Technician - 292,048 (44.6%)
Technician Plus - 22,322 (3.4%)
General - 141,496 (21.7%)
Advanced - 65,898 (10.1%)
Extra - 111,733 (17.1%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 314,370 (48.0%)

Total all classes - 655,286


As of November 25, 2007:

Novice - 20,666 (3.2%)
Technician - 292,686 (44.7%)
Technician Plus - 21,874 (3.3%)
General - 142,450 (21.7%)
Advanced - 65,698 (10.0%)
Extra - 111,760 (17.1%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 314,560 (48.0%)

Total all classes - 655,134


Changes:

From May 14, 2000, to February 22, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 26,433
Technician - increase of 88,114
Technician Plus - decrease of 98,042
General - increase of 17,461
Advanced - decrease of 30,732
Extra - increase of 29,520

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 9,928

Total all classes - decrease of 20,112


From May 14, 2000, to November 1, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 28,413
Technician - increase of 86,367
Technician Plus - decrease of 106,054
General - increase of 30,003
Advanced - decrease of 33,665
Extra - increase of 32,986

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 19,687

Total all classes - decrease of 18,776


From May 14, 2000, to November 12, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 28,540
Technician - increase of 86,654
Technician Plus - decrease of 106,538
General - increase of 29,819
Advanced - decrease of 33,884
Extra - increase of 32,983

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 19,884

Total all classes - decrease of 19,506


From May 14, 2000, to November 25, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 28,663
Technician - increase of 87,292
Technician Plus - decrease of 106,986
General - increase of 29,773
Advanced - decrease of 34,084
Extra - increase of 33,010

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 19,694

Total all classes - decrease of 19,658


From February 22, 2007, to November 1, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 1,980
Technician - decrease of 1,747
Technician Plus - decrease of 8,012
General - increase of 12,542
Advanced - decrease of 2,933
Extra - increase of 3,466

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 9,759

Total all classes - increase of 1336


From February 22, 2007, to November 12, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 2,107
Technician - decrease of 1,460
Technician Plus - decrease of 8,496
General - increase of 12,358
Advanced - decrease of 3,152
Extra - increase of 3,463

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 9,956

Total all classes - increase of 606


From February 22, 2007, to November 25, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 2,230
Technician - decrease of 822
Technician Plus - decrease of 8,944
General - increase of 12,312
Advanced - decrease of 3,352
Extra - increase of 3,490

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 9,766

Total all classes - increase of 454


73 de Jim, N2EY