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What "doom?" There is no "doom." There is only this subject
header that's been going since May Day of 2003. :-) The only "doom" is in the old Dragnet show theme...you know, the one that goes "doom-de-doom-doom..." :-) All USA radio amateurs in their grace period are in limbo and don't count for anything. All the no-code-technicians have expired since they never renewed and therefore don't exist. Excuse me...I was trying to think like the PCTA. Too hard. Gotta get more acetaminophen. |
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doom is when there are fewer hams than illegal aliens living in the
state of California... really, I can't keep explaining the OBVIOUS to you... John wrote in message oups.com... What "doom?" There is no "doom." There is only this subject header that's been going since May Day of 2003. :-) The only "doom" is in the old Dragnet show theme...you know, the one that goes "doom-de-doom-doom..." :-) All USA radio amateurs in their grace period are in limbo and don't count for anything. All the no-code-technicians have expired since they never renewed and therefore don't exist. Excuse me...I was trying to think like the PCTA. Too hard. Gotta get more acetaminophen. |
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John Smith wrote: When the data attempts to force the fact that doom is comming--re-arrange the data and argue like hell!!! And make counter-accusations. Of course, that is how the doom occurred in the first place! John If only they could ration the rationalization. |
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John,
Are you an advisor to President Bush? Best regards from Rochester, NY Jim AA2QA ps - the sky is falling, the sky is falling! "John Smith" wrote in message ... 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... |
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"bb" wrote in message oups.com... John Smith wrote: When the data attempts to force the fact that doom is comming--re-arrange the data and argue like hell!!! And make counter-accusations. Of course, that is how the doom occurred in the first place! John If only they could ration the rationalization. There ain't no rationalization here, this is *religion*, pure and simple Either yer fer us or agin us! LOL 73 from Rochester, NY Jim AA2QA |
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wrote That's simply untrue, . Military "calls" are assigned by the MILITARY. FCC has NO legal jurisdiction over USA military OR government radio. You're mistaken. MilRec Amateur Radio station licenses (and calls) are assigned by the FCC. The military has NO legal jurisdiction over the assignment of those calls. No Morse or written test is required to obtain this station license. Just a couple of examples of these station licenses are W4ODR and KH6SP. These Military Auspices station licenses number less than 100, so are not a significant percentage off all station licenses and can be ignored in the sort of census that N2EY records here. Another example of Andersoneque half-vast knowledge of Amateur Radio matters. The information is available to all citizens, even non-licensed persons, in FCC rules at §97.5(b)(3). dit dit de Hans, K0HB |
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Jim:
Hey!!! george (our fearless leader) said that same thing... Art Bell said, "If george said it, it must be true." ... well, maybe something like that... grin Warmest regards, John "Jim Hampton" wrote in message ... "bb" wrote in message oups.com... John Smith wrote: When the data attempts to force the fact that doom is comming--re-arrange the data and argue like hell!!! And make counter-accusations. Of course, that is how the doom occurred in the first place! John If only they could ration the rationalization. There ain't no rationalization here, this is *religion*, pure and simple Either yer fer us or agin us! LOL 73 from Rochester, NY Jim AA2QA |
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Jim:
I just kiss the ground our five-foot-one-inch-tall fearless leader walks on... (well, something like that...) grin Warmest regards, John "Jim Hampton" wrote in message ... John, Are you an advisor to President Bush? Best regards from Rochester, NY Jim AA2QA ps - the sky is falling, the sky is falling! "John Smith" wrote in message ... 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... |
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