On Apr 26, 11:00�am, John Smith I wrote:
AF6AY wrote:

* ...

The overall losses of all licensees (all classes including Club and
Grace
Period) over the previous two years were 11,143 *[11.528]. *This is
approximately the same for each period.

73, Len *AF6AY

The data is most likely skewed because of inherent errors in the
"license census" tally.

JS, there is no "census" of numbers on the www.hamdata.com site.
They take their data download from the FCC's huge amateur radio
database file and sort that. That's what the ARRL does, that's what
QRZ does, that's what everyone else does.

The FCC database has specific fields indicating who is NEW and
the duration of all granted licensees. Adding two years to the
given expiration date is a trivial program task. The two years are
for the grace period.

The FCC does the record keeping for the licenses the FCC grants.

No "baby boom" enters this simple picture of numbers, no inferences.

There are just licensees in the U.S. amateur radio service.

73, Len AF6AY

AF6AY wrote:

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No "baby boom" enters this simple picture of numbers, no inferences.

There are just licensees in the U.S. amateur radio service.

73, Len AF6AY


If you expect to find a live ham behind each and every ham, don't ...
friend of mine still has his license--from the grave :-(

JS

John Smith I wrote:

err ...

Change:

If you expect to find a live ham behind each and every ham, don't ...


to:

If you expect to find a live ham behind each and every LICENSE, don't ...

JS

On Apr 26, 5:29?pm, John Smith I wrote:
John Smith I wrote:

err ...

Change:

If you expect to find a live ham behind each and every ham, don't ...

to:

If you expect to find a live ham behind each and every LICENSE, don't ...

I don't. FCC database records only have licensees...unless, in a rare
event, a family member corresponds with the FCC that a licensee is
gone.

My wife and I had ham the other night. I hope it wasn't anyone you
knew...

73, Len AF6AY




JS