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July 22 2009 ARS License Numbers
On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:18:24 EDT, Jeff Davis
wrote: The other immeasurable data is how many licensees are no longer active at all yet religiously renew their license since it is free and can be done with almost no effort? That number could be enormous and may hint at why despite having nearly 700,000 names in the hopper, there are only some 150,000 members of the ARRL (not withstanding the naysayers). Good point. I know many people in my town who have a license (mostly Technician) who rarely use it to transmit. My wife Bonnie is one of them. She got her Technician license 9 years ago when her husband at that time, Paul, got the ham radio bug, and pestered her to get licensed so they could "enjoy the hobby together." Bonnie used her license a couple of times to keep in touch with Paul when he took walks out in the desert behind their house. Then seven years ago Paul died. Bonnie and I got together, and were married the next year. Since then, she hasn't transmitted at all. But we have changed mailing addresses a few times, and we both update our licenses on the FCC ULS site. And, when her licence expires next year, no doubt she will renew it. But I consider her inactive. Dick, AC7EL |
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