wrote:

These are the numbers of current, unexpired amateur licenses held
by individuals on the stated dates:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Technician - 205,394
Technician Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254

Total all classes - 674,792

As of March 31, 2005:

Novice - 28,908 (decrease of 20,421)
Technician - 267,391 (increase of 61,997)
Technician Plus - 50,966 (decrease of 77,894)
General - 137,134 (increase of 24,457)
Advanced - 76,746 (decrease of 23,036)
Extra - 106,434 (increase of 27,684)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 318,357 (decrease of 15,897)

Total all classes - 667,579 (decrease of 7,213)

Note that these totals do not include licenses that
have expired but are in the grace period. They also
do not include club, military, RACES or other
station-only licenses.

73 de Jim, N2EY

I didn't think you were here any more, Jim!

Not much to type about these days......

- Mike KB3EIA -

Mike Coslo wrote:
wrote:

These are the numbers of current, unexpired amateur licenses held
by individuals on the stated dates:
Note that these totals do not include licenses that
have expired but are in the grace period. They also
do not include club, military, RACES or other
station-only licenses.

73 de Jim, N2EY

I didn't think you were here any more, Jim!

Of course I'm still here, Mike.

Not much to type about these days......

There's always QRZ.com

But I spend most of my online time these days on the various reflectors
I subscribe to.

73 de Jim, N2EY

These are the numbers of current, unexpired amateur licenses held
by individuals on the stated dates:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Technician - 205,394
Technician Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254

Total all classes - 674,792

As of April 15, 2005:

Novice - 28,817 (decrease of 20,512)
Technician - 267,926 (increase of 62,532)
Technician Plus - 50,524 (decrease of 78,336)
General - 137,093 (increase of 24,416)
Advanced - 76,647 (decrease of 23,135)
Extra - 106,557 (increase of 27,807)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 318,450 (decrease of 15,804)

Total all classes - 667,564 (decrease of 7,228)

Note that these totals do not include licenses that
have expired but are in the grace period. They also
do not include club, military, RACES or other
station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new Novice, Technician Plus or
Advanced licenses are no longer issued, and that all existing
Technician Plus licenses are being renewed as Technician.

73 de Jim, N2EY

These are the numbers of current, unexpired amateur licenses held
by individuals on the stated dates:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Technician - 205,394
Technician Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254

Total all classes - 674,792

As of April 30, 2005:

Novice - 28,604 (decrease of 20,725)
Technician - 268,116 (increase of 62,722)
Technician Plus - 49,987 (decrease of 78,873)
General - 136,783 (increase of 24,106)
Advanced - 76,410 (decrease of 23,372)
Extra - 106,577 (increase of 27,827)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 318,103 (decrease of 16,151)

Total all classes - 666,477 (decrease of 8,315)

Note that these totals do not include licenses that
have expired but are in the grace period. They also
do not include club, military, RACES or other
station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new Novice, Technician Plus or
Advanced licenses are no longer issued, and that all existing
Technician Plus licenses are being renewed as Technician.

73 de Jim, N2EY

These are the numbers of current, unexpired amateur licenses held
by individuals on the stated dates:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Technician - 205,394
Technician Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254

Total all classes - 674,792

As of May 14, 2005:

Novice - 28,604 (decrease of 20,832)
Technician - 268,529 (increase of 63,135)
Technician Plus - 49,553 (decrease of 79,307)
General - 136,683 (increase of 24,006)
Advanced - 76,274 (decrease of 23,508)
Extra - 106,577 (increase of 27,913)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 318,082 (decrease of 16,172)

Total all classes - 666,199 (decrease of 8,593)

Note that these totals do not include licenses that
have expired but are in the grace period. They also
do not include club, military, RACES or other
station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new Novice, Technician Plus or
Advanced licenses are no longer issued, and that all existing
Technician Plus licenses are being renewed as Technician.

73 de Jim, N2EY

These are the numbers of current, unexpired amateur licenses held
by individuals on the stated dates:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Technician - 205,394
Technician Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254

Total all classes - 674,792

As of May 31, 2005:

Novice - 28,370 (decrease of 20,959)
Technician - 268,575 (increase of 63,181)
Technician Plus - 49,098 (decrease of 79,762)
General - 136,581 (increase of 23,904)
Advanced - 76,119 (decrease of 23,663)
Extra - 106,707 (increase of 27,957)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 317,673 (decrease of 16,581)

Total all classes - 665,450 (decrease of 9,342)

Note that these totals do not include licenses that
have expired but are in the grace period. They also
do not include club, military, RACES or other
station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new Novice, Technician Plus or
Advanced licenses are no longer issued, and that all existing
Technician Plus licenses are being renewed as Technician.

73 de Jim, N2EY

Yes.
Bottom line being--there are more illegal aliens in the state of
California alone--then there are hams in the world...

John
wrote in message
ups.com...
These are the numbers of current, unexpired amateur licenses held
by individuals on the stated dates:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Technician - 205,394
Technician Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254

Total all classes - 674,792

As of May 31, 2005:

Novice - 28,370 (decrease of 20,959)
Technician - 268,575 (increase of 63,181)
Technician Plus - 49,098 (decrease of 79,762)
General - 136,581 (increase of 23,904)
Advanced - 76,119 (decrease of 23,663)
Extra - 106,707 (increase of 27,957)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 317,673 (decrease of 16,581)

Total all classes - 665,450 (decrease of 9,342)

Note that these totals do not include licenses that
have expired but are in the grace period. They also
do not include club, military, RACES or other
station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new Novice, Technician Plus
or
Advanced licenses are no longer issued, and that all existing
Technician Plus licenses are being renewed as Technician.

73 de Jim, N2EY

.... whoops...
I shouldn't have mentioned that--now hams will be filing for "minority
status" and starting to want to marry each other, and given the full
rights given a man and a woman... frown

John
"John Smith" wrote in message
...
Yes.
Bottom line being--there are more illegal aliens in the state of
California alone--then there are hams in the world...

John
wrote in message
ups.com...
These are the numbers of current, unexpired amateur licenses held
by individuals on the stated dates:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329
Technician - 205,394
Technician Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254

Total all classes - 674,792

As of May 31, 2005:

Novice - 28,370 (decrease of 20,959)
Technician - 268,575 (increase of 63,181)
Technician Plus - 49,098 (decrease of 79,762)
General - 136,581 (increase of 23,904)
Advanced - 76,119 (decrease of 23,663)
Extra - 106,707 (increase of 27,957)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 317,673 (decrease of 16,581)

Total all classes - 665,450 (decrease of 9,342)

Note that these totals do not include licenses that
have expired but are in the grace period. They also
do not include club, military, RACES or other
station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new Novice, Technician Plus
or
Advanced licenses are no longer issued, and that all existing
Technician Plus licenses are being renewed as Technician.

73 de Jim, N2EY

From: on Jun 1, 9:15 pm

These are the numbers of current, unexpired amateur licenses held
by individuals on the stated dates:
As of May 14, 2000:

deleted, four-year-old data, grace periods are only 2 years

As of May 31, 2005:

Novice - 28,370 (decrease of 20,959)
Technician - 268,575 (increase of 63,181)
Technician Plus - 49,098 (decrease of 79,762)
General - 136,581 (increase of 23,904)
Advanced - 76,119 (decrease of 23,663)
Extra - 106,707 (increase of 27,957)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 317,673 (decrease of 16,581)

Total all classes - 665,450 (decrease of 9,342)


Note that these totals do not include licenses that
have expired but are in the grace period. They also
do not include club, military, RACES or other
station-only licenses

That's simply untrue, . Military "calls" are
assigned by the MILITARY. FCC has NO legal jurisdiction
over USA military OR government radio.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new Novice, Technician Plus or
Advanced licenses are no longer issued, and that all existing
Technician Plus licenses are being renewed as Technician.

An absolutely IMPORTANT clarification to obscure the
fact that no-code-test Technicians are condescendingly
sponged into the MORSE-TESTED totals.

Here's the totals of ALL AMATEUR licenses as given by
www.hamdata.com as of 5 June 2005, with "delta" relative
to those same classes two years ago...and the percentage
of total 2005-date licenses less 9,550 "Club" calls:

Class Licenses Delta Percentage
Technician (no-code-test) 293,613 +19,932 40.64
Technician Plus 56,161 -19,480 7.77
Novice 34,116 -8,331 4.72
General 144,802 +1,855 20.30
Advanced 82,902 -3,322 11.43
Extra 109,325 +3,678 15.13

Total Less "Club" calls 722,452 -5,668* 99.99**

* 2003 all-license totals were 736,616 or which 8,496 were
"Club" calls so the Delta for comparison is 728,120.

** Percentage totals do not add up to precisely 100% due
to arithmetic round-off to hundredths.

Note: "Club" calls include all the non-individual license
grants.

As of the hamdata.com figures for this Sunday, 5 Jun 05,
NO-CODE-TEST Technician Class licensees outnumber General
Class licensees by an almost exact 2:1 ratio. [General
class licensees WERE the largest in old days, no more]

Nota Bene: The total licenses for the no-code-test
Technician Class, 293,613, do NOT include the "Tech Plus"
total licenses of 56,161. [let's stop this foolish
"lumping-together" by rather obvious PCTAs in trying to
embelish the sanctity and nobility of morsemanship]

ALL license classes in the Technician (no-code-test),
General, and Amateur Extra classes have the SAME grace
period. If current Novice or Advanced license holders
don't RETEST, they go bye-bye, get defunct, disappear
from that great database.

The current percentage of NO-CODE-TEST Technician class
licensees now make up slightly over FORTY PERCENT of all
classes. It is obviously the most populous of ALL classes
and CONTINUES TO GROW. Neglecting that singular LARGE
class of radio amateurs is foolish pipe-dreaming or weird
personal fantasizing.

We now return you to the regularly scheduled PCTA
rationalization party in progress...

When the data attempts to force the fact that doom is
comming--re-arrange the data and argue like hell!!! Of course, that is
how the doom occurred in the first place!

John

wrote in message
oups.com...
From: on Jun 1, 9:15 pm

These are the numbers of current, unexpired amateur licenses held
by individuals on the stated dates:
As of May 14, 2000:

deleted, four-year-old data, grace periods are only 2 years

As of May 31, 2005:

Novice - 28,370 (decrease of 20,959)
Technician - 268,575 (increase of 63,181)
Technician Plus - 49,098 (decrease of 79,762)
General - 136,581 (increase of 23,904)
Advanced - 76,119 (decrease of 23,663)
Extra - 106,707 (increase of 27,957)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 317,673 (decrease of 16,581)

Total all classes - 665,450 (decrease of 9,342)


Note that these totals do not include licenses that
have expired but are in the grace period. They also
do not include club, military, RACES or other
station-only licenses

That's simply untrue, . Military "calls" are
assigned by the MILITARY. FCC has NO legal jurisdiction
over USA military OR government radio.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new Novice, Technician Plus
or
Advanced licenses are no longer issued, and that all existing
Technician Plus licenses are being renewed as Technician.

An absolutely IMPORTANT clarification to obscure the
fact that no-code-test Technicians are condescendingly
sponged into the MORSE-TESTED totals.

Here's the totals of ALL AMATEUR licenses as given by
www.hamdata.com as of 5 June 2005, with "delta" relative
to those same classes two years ago...and the percentage
of total 2005-date licenses less 9,550 "Club" calls:

Class Licenses Delta Percentage
Technician (no-code-test) 293,613 +19,932 40.64
Technician Plus 56,161 -19,480 7.77
Novice 34,116 -8,331 4.72
General 144,802 +1,855 20.30
Advanced 82,902 -3,322 11.43
Extra 109,325 +3,678 15.13

Total Less "Club" calls 722,452 -5,668* 99.99**

* 2003 all-license totals were 736,616 or which 8,496 were
"Club" calls so the Delta for comparison is 728,120.

** Percentage totals do not add up to precisely 100% due
to arithmetic round-off to hundredths.

Note: "Club" calls include all the non-individual license
grants.

As of the hamdata.com figures for this Sunday, 5 Jun 05,
NO-CODE-TEST Technician Class licensees outnumber General
Class licensees by an almost exact 2:1 ratio. [General
class licensees WERE the largest in old days, no more]

Nota Bene: The total licenses for the no-code-test
Technician Class, 293,613, do NOT include the "Tech Plus"
total licenses of 56,161. [let's stop this foolish
"lumping-together" by rather obvious PCTAs in trying to
embelish the sanctity and nobility of morsemanship]

ALL license classes in the Technician (no-code-test),
General, and Amateur Extra classes have the SAME grace
period. If current Novice or Advanced license holders
don't RETEST, they go bye-bye, get defunct, disappear
from that great database.

The current percentage of NO-CODE-TEST Technician class
licensees now make up slightly over FORTY PERCENT of all
classes. It is obviously the most populous of ALL classes
and CONTINUES TO GROW. Neglecting that singular LARGE
class of radio amateurs is foolish pipe-dreaming or weird
personal fantasizing.

We now return you to the regularly scheduled PCTA
rationalization party in progress...