>
>Do not blast the no-code techs. They are over 50% of the ham ranks,
last I
>checked. They are the majority.
Check again:
Month: July 99
Extra 75,166
Advanced: 103,723
General: 110,780
Tech+: 133,979
Tech: 198,467
Novice: 54,203
Total: 676,318
Alien Permits: 522
>In case you
>didn't read the FCC numbers last year (the only numbers that matter),
for
>the very first time in history the number of licensed hams declined.
Oh,
>not by much, but the decline is real.
Month Total
Jul-99 676,318
Jun-99 676,000
May-99 675,376
Apr-99 675,529
Mar-99 674,719
Feb-99 673,403
Jan-99 672,833
Dec-98 673,823
Nov-98 672,783
Oct-98 673,062
Sep-98 672,678
Aug-98 672,919
Jul-98 673,402
Jun-98 674,080
May-98 673,973
Apr-98 675,104
Mar-98 674,767
Feb-98 676,028
Jan-98 676,809
Dec-97676,506
Nov-97 677,514
Oct-97 677,137
Sep-97 676,995
Aug-97 678,320
Jul-97 678,733
Jun-97 678,473
There were declines in the number of Advanced, General, Tech+ and
Novice and increases in Amateur Extra and Tech during that time
period
I don't think I'd be too concerned about a 2% dip over a couple of
years, though. The trend is upward.
(from http://www.speroni.com/FCC/Licenses.html )
enough said. Let's get back to Ten-Tec talk.
73,
dale, kg5u
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