August 17th 03, 05:33 AM
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In article ,
(N2EY) writes:
As of May 14, 2000:
Novice - 49,329
Tech - 205,394
Tech Plus - 128,860
General - 112,677
Advanced - 99,782
Extra - 78,750
Total - 674,792
As of August 15, 2003:
Novice - 33,205 (decrease of 16,124)
Technician - 258,384 (increase of 52,990)
Technician Plus - 66,402 (decrease of 62,458)
General - 141,381 (increase of 28,840)
Advanced - 83,038 (decrease of 16,699)
Extra - 104,543 (increase of 25,793)
Total - 687,134 (increase of 12,342)
73 de Jim, N2EY
Dear NCTA:
I regret to inform you that "Restructuring" the US Amateur Radio Service's
licensing system, to reduce the code testing speed to 5 WPM for General
and Extra class, in addition to the existing No-Code Technician-class
license, has resulted in a whopping 1.79 percent growth rate in the ARS
overall! What do you suppose we're gonna get from No-Code HF? Maybe
2 percent?
Perhaps I should take this time to suggest a new motto for the ARRL:
Ham Radio -- Stick A Fork In Us, We're Done!
73 de Larry, K3LT
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