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

"N2EY" wrote in message
om...
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