Jim.

Thought you said there were 34,000 Novices the other day?

Also, take a look at the upcoming expirations in the next
6 months...some pretty hefty numbers of hams with
expirations coming up. I expect at least a 10K overall
reduction of licensed hams by end of 2004 based on
SK, lack of interest, etc. based on past renewal rates.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK

"N2EY" wrote in message
...
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 February 15, 2004:

Novice - 32,541 (decrease of 16,788)
Technician - 260,212 (increase of 54,818)
Technician Plus - 61,993 (decrease of 66,867)
General - 141,124 (increase of 28,447)
Advanced - 81,565 (decrease of 18,217)
Extra - 104,978 (increase of 26,228)
Total - 682,413 (increase of 7,621)

73 de Jim, N2EY