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June 19th 05, 12:42 PM

wrote:
As of 17 Jun 05, there were 722,134 U.S. amateur radio
licenses
exclusive of Club Calls.

But inclusive of at approximately 56,672 that were expired but in the
grace period. Total unexpired licenses held by individuals
stands at 665,462.

Of those, 293,897 were Technician Class
making them 40.70 percent of all licensees.

Of those, 269,204 are current and approximately 24,693 are expired but
in the grace period.

There were 55,816
Technican Plus licensees, 7.73 percent of the total.

48,713 current and 7,103 expired but in the grace period.

Combined, Technician and Technician Plus licensees number
349,713 or 48.43 percent of the total number of licensees.

Of whom 317,917 are current and 31,796 in the grace period.

The Elite (the PCTA Extras, that is) will rationalize that
"few of those Techs are active" in an attempt to rationalize
that "they don't count." :-)

That claim is incorrect.

Unfortunately for the Elite,
they will soon be the MAJORITY among all U.S. licensees.

How do you know, Len? What's the trend?

The number of Technicians (including Pluses) with current licenses
peaked back in March of 2000, at 338,334. It has
since dropped by more than 20,000.

Meanwhile, the number of current Extra class licenses has
climbed from 75,985 in March of 2000 to 106,806 today.

You are invited to show how the trend in Technician/Tech Plus license
numbers predicts any sort of majority in the future.
Since all Technician Pluses are renewed as Technician since April 2000,
it's logical to combine them when looking for a trend.