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Dick Grady AC7EL wrote:

And rural areas tend to have a higher ratio of hams. A case in point
is Pahrump, NV, where I live. 35,000 population spread over a valley
10 miles wide by 20 miles long, in the middle of the desert. Most
housing lots are 1.25 acres with little or no CC&Rs. (*) The nearest
nearby towns are at least a half hour away. According to qrz.com,
there are 322 ham licenses (not counting the 4 club licenses) with
Pahrump in their address. That's a ratio of 1 to 109.

I remember when I visited Alaska years ago that there sure seemed
to be a lot of hams. I just ran the numbers for Fairbanks and it's
about 1 in 70. For Talkeetna, it's about 1 in 7.5.


Patty