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 May 1, 2007:

Novice - 22,183 (3.4%)
Technician - 287,676 (43.9%)
Technician Plus - 28,303 (4.3%)
General - 138,694 (21.2%)
Advanced - 68,166 (10.4%)
Extra - 110,047 (16.8%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 315,979 (48.2%)

Total all classes - 655,069


As of May 14, 2007:

Novice - 22,111 (3.4%)
Technician - 287,675 (43.9%)
Technician Plus - 27,828 (4.2%)
General - 139,300 (21.3%)
Advanced - 68,036 (10.4%)
Extra - 110,231 (16.8%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 315,503 (48.2%)

Total all classes - 655,181


As of May 22, 2007:

Novice - 22,026 (3.4%)
Technician - 287,373 (43.9%)
Technician Plus - 27,541 (4.2%)
General - 139,693 (21.3%)
Advanced - 67,922 (10.4%)
Extra - 110,314 (16.8%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 314,914 (48.1%)

Total all classes - 654,869


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 May 1, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 27,146
Technician - increase of 82,282
Technician Plus - decrease of 100,557
General - increase of 26,017
Advanced - decrease of 31,616
Extra - increase of 31,297

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 18,275

Total all classes - decrease of 19,723


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

Novice - decrease of 27,218
Technician - increase of 82,281
Technician Plus - decrease of 101,032
General - increase of 26,623
Advanced - decrease of 31,746
Extra - increase of 31,481

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 18,751

Total all classes - decrease of 19,611


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

Novice - decrease of 27,303
Technician - increase of 81,979
Technician Plus - decrease of 101,319
General - increase of 27,016
Advanced - decrease of 31,860
Extra - increase of 31,564

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 19,340

Total all classes - decrease of 19,923


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

Novice - decrease of 713
Technician - decrease of 5,832
Technician Plus - decrease of 2,515
General - increase of 8,556
Advanced - decrease of 884
Extra - increase of 1,777

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 8,347

Total all classes - increase of 389


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

Novice - decrease of 785
Technician - decrease of 5,833
Technician Plus - decrease of 2,990
General - increase of 9,162
Advanced - decrease of 1,014
Extra - increase of 1,961

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 8,823

Total all classes - increase of 501


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

Novice - decrease of 870
Technician - decrease of 6,135
Technician Plus - decrease of 3,277
General - increase of 9,555
Advanced - decrease of 1,128
Extra - increase of 2,044

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 9,412

Total all classes - increase of 189


73 de Jim, N2EY

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

Novice - decrease of 870
Technician - decrease of 6,135
Technician Plus - decrease of 3,277
General - increase of 9,555
Advanced - decrease of 1,128
Extra - increase of 2,044

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 9,412

Total all classes - increase of 189


Is this a US only group or can any coutry join in?
Please can somebody post rec.radio.amateur.moderated's charter to the group.

73 de G1LVN

On May 25, 1:48?pm, "LVN" wrote:

Is this a US only group or can any coutry join in?
Please can somebody post rec.radio.amateur.moderated's charter to the group.

According to the group's charter it is open to all. The ARRL makes
all those numbers available free to all, derived from the FCC license
database. US license numbers can be seen also at www.hamdata.com.

73, Len AF6AY

On May 25, 5:48?pm, "LVN" wrote:

Is this a US only group or can any coutry join in?

AFAIK, it's not US only.

I'm not a moderator, but I'd be very interested in seeing amateur
radio license statistics from other countries.

73 de Jim, N2EY

LVN wrote:

Is this a US only group or can any coutry join in?

This is absolutely not a US-only group. In fact, I would personally be
interested in trends in license statistics in other countries.

Please can somebody post rec.radio.amateur.moderated's charter to the group.

There is a periodic posting to the group that includes posting
guidelines. See message ID
or
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3xpvng [same article at Google].

If you want to see the charter, visit
http://www.panix.com/~rram/usenet/rram/ and click on the "Charter" link.

Basically, this is a newsgroup that hosts discussion of all aspects of
amateur radio, with a few exceptions like commercial or for-sale articles.

73, Steve KB9X

"LVN" wrote in message


Is this a US only group or can any coutry join in?
Please can somebody post rec.radio.amateur.moderated's
charter to the group.
73 de G1LVN

The group is of course open to all. On behalf of the moderation team,
welcome :-)

BTW it's good to see another UK callsign here, I was beginning to think I
was on my own g

For info, the charter can be found here, along with links to other useful
information:

http://www.panix.com/~rram/usenet/rram/index.html


73 Ivor G6URP

wrote:
"LVN" wrote:

Is this a US only group or can any coutry join in?


AFAIK, it's not US only.

I'm not a moderator, but I'd be very interested in seeing amateur
radio license statistics from other countries.


We've been watching the US statistics because of the recent
elimination of Morse code testing. Most of the world dropped code a few
years ago. Therefore, it is in foreign countries that more conclusive
data might be found. That is, in foreign countries, the results of the
experiment may already be in, so to speak.

Klystron wrote:

We've been watching the US statistics because of the recent
elimination of Morse code testing. Most of the world dropped code a few
years ago. Therefore, it is in foreign countries that more conclusive
data might be found. That is, in foreign countries, the results of the
experiment may already be in, so to speak.

I'm more interested in the general issue of the health of the hobby than
the specific correlation with a code requirement. Here in the US, I see
potential ham radio operators spending their time with computers and not
impressed by the concept of being able to communicate with people all
over the world because they can do that by opening their cell phone. I
wonder how the population of amateur radio enthusiasts is holding up in
countries where there might be less computers but more cell phones.
There's a very different dynamic in less-developed countries and I don't
know whether it favors the hobby. For example, people might be more
motivated to explore amateur radio but unable to do so because equipment
is not available.

73, Steve KB9X