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In article , (Steve
Robeson K4CAP) writes: Subject: ARS License Numbers From: PAMNO (N2EY) Date: 7/17/2004 10:23 AM Central Standard Time Message-id: In article , (Steve Robeson K4CAP) writes: These are the number of unexpired FCC ARS licenses held by individuals on the dates listed: As of May 14, 2000: Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254 Total all classes - 674,792 As of July 15, 2004: Total Tech/TechPlus - 320,527 (decrease of 13,727) Total all classes - 675,620 (increase of 828) Hmmmmmmmmm........ The codeless class is dwindling while the overall numbers are climbing. No, that's not what's happening, Steve. We don't really know how many nocodetest Technicians there are anymore. FCC has been renewing Tech Plus as Techs for 51 months now, so an unknown number of current Techs are code-tested. In addition, an unknown number of Novices have upgraded to Tech, and an unknown number of Techs hold Element 1 CSCEs. Then that makes it all-the-more remarkable, Jim...since that number of "Technicians" is even further diluted since "some quantity" of thier numbers are "coded" operators. We cannot draw any conclusions about how much dilution is going on, Steve, unless we have more information. Based on the information I have presented, it's possible that the number of nocodetest Technicians is dropping. It's also possible that the number is growing! Without more information about the mix of those who hold Technician licenses, we can't be sure. We only know that the total of Techs and Tech Pluses is dropping. That could be due to all sorts of reasons, including upgrades, dropouts, slow renewals, fewer newcomers, etc. 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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