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Change in ARS numbers
Dee Flint wrote:
My prediction is that on the one year anniversary of the implementation that the total numbers of of ARS licenses (excluding the categories that N2EY excludes for consistency) will not differ from the numbers on the implementation date by more than 1% either direction (plus or minus). Let's spell it out: One calendar year after Element 1 is completely removed as a US amateur license requirement, the change in the number of current, unexpired amateur radio licenses issued by FCC will be the following: N8UZE: Between 1% less and 1% more N2EY: Between 1% more and 2% more When the change becomes effective, my postings to "ARS License Numbers" will include comparisons to the effective date. Anyone else? You can pick either "+" or "-" or "+/-". It must also be a whole percentage not a fraction. N8UZE, +/- 1% In addition, it is my belief that "growth" won't really occur until the "cell phone substitute" hams have let their license expire. Although cell phones have been around for awhile now, they didn't really get affordable on a family basis until roughly the year 2000. So that means little to no growth until roughly the year 2010 in my opinion. At that time we will also see the last of the Novice licenses virtually disappear as they will either have upgraded or allowed their license to lapse. There may be a few that continue to renew at that level but it will be few and far between. I think the loss of "honeydew hams" will be more gradual. Around here, their numbers really became significant in the early 1980s. Some went on to become much more involved in amateur radio, others did not. And IMHO, cell phone prices really began to drop about 1995 or so. There were probably other effects from changes in the test requirements, etc. What all this means is that the expiration dates will be all over the map. And not all will simply let the license expire, because it's so easy to renew. The AH0A website has listings of new and renewed licenses per month. Will be interesting to see how those numbers change, too. It has been six years and eight months since FCC stopped issuing new Novice and Advanced licenses. In that time, we've seen a much more dramatic drop in the number of Novices than in the number of Advanceds. Whether that is due to expirations or upgrades is a good question. In the case of Novices, however, the number is far above what would be expected if the licenses were all simply expiring. Perhaps some Novices are renewing with the idea of upgrading "someday". 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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