These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329 (7.3%)
Technician - 205,394 (30.4%)
Technician Plus - 128,860 (19.1%)
General - 112,677 (16.7%)
Advanced - 99,782 (14.8%)
Extra - 78,750 (11.7%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254 (49.5%)

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 291,209 (43.2%)

Total all classes - 674,792


As of September 1, 2006:

Novice - 24,494 (3.7%) [decrease of 24,835]
Technician - 284,694 (43.3%) [increase of 79,300]
Technician Plus - 36,183 (5.5%) [decrease of 92,677]
General - 132,213 (20.1%) [increase of 19,536]
Advanced - 71,045 (10.8%) [decrease of 28,737]
Extra - 108,307 (16.5%) [increase of 29,557]

(percentages may not add up to exactly 100.0% due to rounding)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 320,877 (48.8%) [decrease of 13,377]

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 311,565 (47.4%) [increase of 20,356]

Total all classes - 656,936 (decrease of 17,856)

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.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new
Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced licenses
are no longer issued.

Since April 15, 2000, FCC has renewed all existing
Technician Plus licenses as Technician. It is therefore
informative to consider the totals of the two classes,
since the Technician class includes a significant
number of Technician Plus licenses renewed as
Technician.

73 de Jim, N2EY

wrote in
oups.com:

These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:

As of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329 (7.3%)
Technician - 205,394 (30.4%)
Technician Plus - 128,860 (19.1%)
General - 112,677 (16.7%)
Advanced - 99,782 (14.8%)
Extra - 78,750 (11.7%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 334,254 (49.5%)

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 291,209 (43.2%)

Total all classes - 674,792


As of September 1, 2006:

Novice - 24,494 (3.7%) [decrease of 24,835]
Technician - 284,694 (43.3%) [increase of 79,300]
Technician Plus - 36,183 (5.5%) [decrease of 92,677]
General - 132,213 (20.1%) [increase of 19,536]
Advanced - 71,045 (10.8%) [decrease of 28,737]
Extra - 108,307 (16.5%) [increase of 29,557]

(percentages may not add up to exactly 100.0% due to rounding)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 320,877 (48.8%) [decrease of 13,377]

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 311,565 (47.4%) [increase of 20,356]

Total all classes - 656,936 (decrease of 17,856)

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.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new
Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced licenses
are no longer issued.

Since April 15, 2000, FCC has renewed all existing
Technician Plus licenses as Technician. It is therefore
informative to consider the totals of the two classes,
since the Technician class includes a significant
number of Technician Plus licenses renewed as
Technician.

73 de Jim, N2EY


Thanks Jim.

Maybe now everyone will see that dumbing things down was bad for ham
radio.

73

SC

Slow Code wrote:
wrote in
Thanks Jim.

Maybe now everyone will see that dumbing things down was bad for ham
radio.
wht dumbing down has occured since Ham radio was dumbed down with
higher code test speeds?

73

SC

wrote:

trolling right along

"an old friend" wrote in
oups.com:


Slow Code wrote:
wrote in
Thanks Jim.

Maybe now everyone will see that dumbing things down was bad for ham
radio.
wht dumbing down has occured since Ham radio was dumbed down with
higher code test speeds?


You're living proof CW was a good filter for lazy lids. It didn't keep all
the lids out, but it did keep stupid ones out until they come up with the
no code tech license.

Sc

Slow Code wrote:
"an old friend" wrote in
oups.com:

wht dumbing down has occured since Ham radio was dumbed down with
higher code test speeds?


You're living proof CW was a good filter for lazy lids.
nope
It didn't keep all
the lids out, but it did keep stupid ones out until they come up with the
no code tech license.
nope witness wisemn and yourself

slow code:kook on parade

Sc

wrote:

Woger:kook on parade

wrote:
wrote:
On 5 Sep 2006 06:11:03 -0700, wrote:



Woger you are an FCC certified bad operator

He is? Where?
FCC NAl certify your bad operating
You are a State of Michigan (and other states) registered
child molester.

http://www.mipsor.state.mi.us/mipsor/default.htm
funny how the state disagress

wrote:
wrote:

On 5 Sep 2006 06:11:03 -0700, wrote:


an old fraud wrote:

Slow Code wrote:

"an old friend" wrote in
glegroups.com:

wht dumbing down has occured since Ham radio was dumbed down with
higher code test speeds?


You're living proof CW was a good filter for lazy lids.

nope

Yep.

nope


Yep.


It didn't keep all
the lids out, but it did keep stupid ones out until they come up with the
no code tech license.

nope witness wisemn and yourself

Wiseman had to do 13 wpm code to get his General, stupid. You ****ed up
again.

whichserves as proof that CW testing has NO value keeping bad
operators off the air


Gee Markie, he doesn't talk to unlicensed stations like you admitted to
doing.


Woger you are an FCC certified bad operator


He is? Where? You are a State of Michigan (and other states) registered
child molester.

Mark has issues and he spams this and other newsgroups, but I don't
believe that he is a registered child molester. That'd be very easy for
you to prove--but you haven't done so and won't do so because you cannot.

You have an obsession with adult/child sex, homosexual acts, animal sex
which includes the spouses, children and parents of others. Where did
that come from, Roger? Were you abused as a child? Did you find out
something about your birth parents?

You need some psychiatric help. You aren't sane.

Dave K8MN

wrote:

woger try http://www.mipsor.state.mi.us/*mipsor/default.htm
where the state of Michigan makes clear I am not