This is an extra listing of the ARS license numbers,
in preparation for the rules changes of Feb 23, 2007.
These numbers are the last ones before the FCC
rules change dropping all Morse Code testing went
into effect.

These are the number of current,
unexpired FCC-issued 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 February 22, 2007:

Novice - 22,896 (3.5%) [decrease of 26,433]
Technician - 293,508 (44.8%) [increase of 88,114]
Technician Plus - 30,818 (4.7%) [decrease of 98,042]
General - 130,138 (19.9%) [increase of 17,461]
Advanced - 69,050 (10.5%) [decrease of 30,732]Extra - 108,270 (16.5%)
[increase of 29,520]

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

Total Tech/TechPlus - 324,326 (49.5%) [decrease of 9,928]

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 307,458 (47.0%) [increase of 16,249]

Total all classes - 654,680 (decrease of 20,112)

Note that these totals do not include licenses
that have expired but are in the grace period.

They also do not include club, military
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. By May of 2010, the
number of Technician Plus licenses
should drop to zero, because all of them will have been renewed as
Technician or allowed to expire. 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