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Old April 20th 04, 08:14 PM
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Have they considered renaming the "Extra" license to the "Nothing-Special"
ticket?
Or just make it a "General"; that's what my 1st Class Radiotelephone is now.

Seriously, what's needed is to "re-invent" a truly entry-level Novice
license (give it a snappier name) that encourages young people to tryout
amateur radio before the more serious regulations and theory knowledge is
required for the advanced license(es) .

ak

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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Tech - 205,394
Tech Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750
Total - 674,792


As of April 15, 2004:

Novice - 32,092 (decrease of 17,237)
Technician - 262,886 (increase of 57,492)
Technician Plus - 60,597 (decrease of 68,263)
General - 140,586 (increase of 27,909)
Advanced - 80,717 (decrease of 19,065)
Extra - 105,246 (increase of 26,496)
Total - 682,124 (increase of 7,332)

73 de Jim, N2EY



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Old April 20th 04, 09:09 PM
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Have they considered renaming the "Extra" license to the "Nothing-Special"
ticket?
Or just make it a "General"; that's what my 1st Class Radiotelephone is

now.

Seriously, what's needed is to "re-invent" a truly entry-level Novice
license (give it a snappier name) that encourages young people to tryout
amateur radio before the more serious regulations and theory knowledge is
required for the advanced license(es) .

ak


You're right about the name. People, young and old have been big on titles
for several years like for instance, Sanitary Engineer for janitor or
Executive Assistant for an entry level secretary.

Maybe call the new class Certified Electronic Experimenter or Electronic
Experimenter In Training or some other snazzy name. The young kids are
looking for something like that. Novice is an immediate turnoff nowadays.
The new class wouldn't have to have lots of privileges, just a classy name
to attract most young people.

David


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Old April 20th 04, 11:34 PM
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You're right about the name. People, young and old have been big on titles
for several years like for instance, Sanitary Engineer for janitor or
Executive Assistant for an entry level secretary.

Maybe call the new class Certified Electronic Experimenter or Electronic
Experimenter In Training or some other snazzy name. The young kids are
looking for something like that. Novice is an immediate turnoff nowadays.
The new class wouldn't have to have lots of privileges, just a classy name
to attract most young people.

David


I agree. And when the Novice ticket became renewable, the test materiel got
harder; that made it more difficult to attract middle school and early high
school candidates. In my day, it was knowing just enough of the rules to get
by and a very little theory to operate at 75-watts input with a crystal to
keep us in our band. From that, I gained enough interest in radio to get the
Extra before the disastrous "incentive licensing" debacle took place.
Today's beginners need to be connected with computers, so I think that the
simple entry ticket (CEE ?) should allow all digital modes within restricted
sub-bands, including the HF bands. The code capability should be an
endorsement thing, with a small bottom-of-the band CW incentive, much like
the Extras has today. However, the no-coders should be able to use cw within
their sub-bands, without the endorsement. But when BPL gets going full
force, maybe all such concerns will just be academic as the bands won't be
much good for anyone except the power companies.

AK


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Old May 1st 04, 05:21 PM
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Tech - 205,394
Tech Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750
Total - 674,792

As of April 30, 2004:
Novice - 32,009 (decrease of 17,320)
Technician - 263,923 (increase of 58,529)
Technician Plus - 60,241 (decrease of 68,619)
General - 140,628 (increase of 27,951)
Advanced - 80,650 (decrease of 19,132)
Extra - 105,360 (increase of 26,610)
Total - 682,811 (increase of 8,019)

73 de Jim, N2EY
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Old May 19th 04, 12:33 AM
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Tech - 205,394
Tech Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750
Total - 674,792

As of May 16, 2004:
Novice - 31,384 (decrease of 17,945)
Technician - 264,231 (increase of 58,837)
Technician Plus - 59,919 (decrease of 68,941)
General - 140,628 (increase of 27,802)
Advanced - 80,411 (decrease of 19,371)
Extra - 105,369 (increase of 26,619)
Total - 682,243 (increase of 7,451)

73 de Jim, N2EY


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Old June 1st 04, 05:41 PM
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Tech - 205,394
Tech Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750
Total - 674,792

As of May 31, 2004:

Novice - 31,545 (decrease of 17,784)
Technician - 264,100 (increase of 58,706)
Technician Plus - 59,576 (decrease of 69,284)
General - 140,048 (increase of 27,371)
Advanced - 80,012 (decrease of 19,770)
Extra - 105,358 (increase of 26,608)
Total - 680,639 (increase of 5,847)

73 de Jim, N2EY
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Old June 16th 04, 09:29 PM
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Tech - 205,394
Tech Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750
Total - 674,792

As of June 15, 2004:

Novice - 31,495 (decrease of 17,834)
Technician - 264,801 (increase of 59,407)
Technician Plus - 59,184 (decrease of 69,676)
General - 140,108 (increase of 27,431)
Advanced - 79,967 (decrease of 19,815)
Extra - 105,456 (increase of 26,706)
Total - 681,011 (increase of 6,219)

73 de Jim, N2EY
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Old June 16th 04, 09:56 PM
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Tech - 205,394
Tech Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750
Total - 674,792

As of June 15, 2004:

Novice - 31,495 (decrease of 17,834)
Technician - 264,801 (increase of 59,407)
Technician Plus - 59,184 (decrease of 69,676)
General - 140,108 (increase of 27,431)
Advanced - 79,967 (decrease of 19,815)
Extra - 105,456 (increase of 26,706)
Total - 681,011 (increase of 6,219)

73 de Jim, N2EY
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Old June 16th 04, 10:07 PM
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Tech - 205,394
Tech Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750
Total - 674,792

As of June 15, 2004:

Novice - 31,495 (decrease of 17,834)
Technician - 264,801 (increase of 59,407)
Technician Plus - 59,184 (decrease of 69,676)
General - 140,108 (increase of 27,431)
Advanced - 79,967 (decrease of 19,815)
Extra - 105,456 (increase of 26,706)
Total - 681,011 (increase of 6,219)

73 de Jim, N2EY
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Old July 1st 04, 05:25 PM
N2EY
 
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These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS
licenses held by individuals on the dates listed:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Tech - 205,394
Tech Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750
Total - 674,792

As of June 30, 2004:

Novice - 31,422 (decrease of 17,907)
Technician - 265,199 (increase of 59,805)
Technician Plus - 58,889 (decrease of 69,971)
General - 140,237 (increase of 27,560)
Advanced - 79,928 (decrease of 19,854)
Extra - 105,635 (increase of 26,885)
Total - 681,310 (increase of 6,518)

An unusually high number of current licenses are due to expire in July.

73 de Jim, N2EY
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