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.

Percentages may not add up to exactly
100.0% due to rounding.

These totals do not include licenses
that have expired but are in the grace
period, nor do they include club, military
and other station-only licenses.

Effective April 15, 2000, FCC no longer issued
new Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced
class licenses, so the numbers of those license
classes have declined steadily since then.

Also 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.

On February 23, 2007, the last Morse Code
test element, the 5 wpm receiving test, was
eliminated as a requirement.

The ARS License Numbers:

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 all classes - 674,792


As of February 22, 2007:

Novice - 22,896 (3.5%)
Technician - 293,508 (44.8%)
Technician Plus - 30,818 (4.7%)
General - 130,138 (19.9%)
Advanced - 69,050 (10.5%)
Extra - 108,270 (16.5%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 324,326 (49.5%)

Total all classes - 654,680


As of March 1, 2007:

Novice - 22,841 (3.5%)
Technician - 293,031 (44.7%)
Technician Plus - 30,566 (4.7%)
General - 130,969 (20.0%)
Advanced - 68,977 (10.5%)
Extra - 108,462 (16.6%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 323,597 (49.4%)

Total all classes - 654,846


As of March 14, 2007:

Novice - 22,665 (3.5%)
Technician - 290,131 (44.3%)
Technician Plus - 30,069 (4.6%)
General - 134,124 (20.5%)
Advanced - 68,752 (10.5%)
Extra - 109,075 (16.7%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 320,200 (48.9%)

Total all classes - 654,816


As of March 22, 2007:

Novice - 22,565 (3.4%)
Technician - 289,520 (44.2%)
Technician Plus - 29,722 (4.5%)
General - 135,235 (20.7%)
Advanced - 68,604 (10.5%)
Extra - 109,230 (16.7%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 319,242 (48.7%)

Total all classes - 654,876


Changes:

From May 14, 2000, to February 22, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 26,433
Technician - increase of 88,114
Technician Plus - decrease of 98,042
General - increase of 17,461
Advanced - decrease of 30,732
Extra - increase of 29,520

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 9,928

Total all classes - decrease of 20,112


From May 14, 2000, to March 1, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 26,488
Technician - increase of 87,637
Technician Plus - decrease of 98,294
General - increase of 18,292
Advanced - decrease of 30,805
Extra - increase of 29,712

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 10,657

Total all classes - decrease of 19,946


From May 14, 2000, to March 14, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 26,664
Technician - increase of 84,737
Technician Plus - decrease of 98,761
General - increase of 21,147
Advanced - decrease of 31,030
Extra - increase of 30,325

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 14,054

Total all classes - decrease of 19,976


From May 14, 2000, to March 22, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 26,764
Technician - increase of 84,126
Technician Plus - decrease of 99,138
General - increase of 22,558
Advanced - decrease of 31,178
Extra - increase of 30,480

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 15,012

Total all classes - decrease of 19,916


From February 22, 2007, to March 1, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 55
Technician - decrease of 477
Technician Plus - decrease of 252
General - increase of 831
Advanced - decrease of 73
Extra - increase of 192

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 729

Total all classes - increase of 166

From February 22, 2007, to March 14, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 231
Technician - decrease of 3,377
Technician Plus - decrease of 749
General - increase of 3,986
Advanced - decrease of 298
Extra - increase of 805

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 4,126

Total all classes - increase of 136


From February 22, 2007, to March 22, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 331
Technician - decrease of 3,988
Technician Plus - decrease of 1,096
General - increase of 5,097
Advanced - decrease of 446
Extra - increase of 960

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 5,084

Total all classes - increase of 196


73 de Jim, N2EY