"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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Bill Sohl wrote:
From http://ah0a.org/FCC/index.html

Total USA licenses dipped pretty significantly
this month (July). Looks to me like we'll end up July
about 10K below the peak total of 687K some months
back.

November 2006 has a lot of expirations too - around 11,000.

Any idea on what the cause for the surge in licensing at that time? And
I wonder if it was from 1996, or an earlier cycle?

I would have thought that the expirations would have mostly been
Technicians, but the majority are Extras. Interesting.

Mike,

I have no idea why. Maybe Jim does. The original total expirations
for July before the renewal phase started was upwards of 13K or
more. Several thousand have obviously renewed, but there's still a
big number that are probably gone.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK

I have no idea why. Maybe Jim does. The original total expirations
for July before the renewal phase started was upwards of 13K or
more. Several thousand have obviously renewed, but there's still a
big number that are probably gone.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK


So dropping the Code was going to make HAM RADIO grow, yea RIGHT

"WA8ULX" wrote in message
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I have no idea why. Maybe Jim does. The original total expirations
for July before the renewal phase started was upwards of 13K or
more. Several thousand have obviously renewed, but there's still a
big number that are probably gone.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK


So dropping the Code was going to make HAM RADIO grow, yea RIGHT

Maybe the opposite is true......since most were Extra classes.

Dan/W4NTI

"Dan/W4NTI" w4nti@get rid of this mindspring.com wrote in message ink.net...
"WA8ULX" wrote in message
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I have no idea why. Maybe Jim does. The original total expirations
for July before the renewal phase started was upwards of 13K or
more. Several thousand have obviously renewed, but there's still a
big number that are probably gone.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK


So dropping the Code was going to make HAM RADIO grow, yea RIGHT

Maybe the opposite is true......since most were Extra classes.

Dan/W4NTI

As Roseanne Roseanna Danna used to say, "It only goes to show ya. You
never know who might have just a passing interest in amateur radio."

I'd imagine that there are some NCT's that have a greater interest.

(WA8ULX) wrote in message ...
I have no idea why. Maybe Jim does. The original total expirations
for July before the renewal phase started was upwards of 13K or
more. Several thousand have obviously renewed, but there's still a
big number that are probably gone.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK


So dropping the Code was going to make HAM RADIO grow, yea RIGHT

Hello Bruce. How've you been?

Maybe Ham Radio just isn't going to grow. It's been kept as a legacy
mode for too long.