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 September 4, 2007:

Novice - 21,341 (3.3%)
Technician - 289,021 (44.1%)
Technician Plus - 24,602 (3.8%)
General - 142,286 (21.7%)
Advanced - 66,923 (10.2%)
Extra - 111,413 (17.0%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 313,623 (47.8%)

Total all classes - 655,586


As of September 15, 2007:

Novice - 21,254 (3.2%)
Technician - 289,491 (44.1%)
Technician Plus - 24,255 (3.7%)
General - 142,395 (21.7%)
Advanced - 66,841 (10.2%)
Extra - 111,477 (17.0%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 313,746 (47.8%)

Total all classes - 655,713


As of September 23, 2007:

Novice - 21,182 (3.2%)
Technician - 289,750 (44.2%)
Technician Plus - 24,006 (3.7%)
General - 142,426 (21.7%)
Advanced - 66,681 (10.2%)
Extra - 111,522 (17.0%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 313,756 (47.9%)

Total all classes - 655,567


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 September 4, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 27,988
Technician - increase of 83,627
Technician Plus - decrease of 104,258
General - increase of 29,609
Advanced - decrease of 32,859
Extra - increase of 32,663

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 20,631

Total all classes - decrease of 19,206


From May 14, 2000, to September 15, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 28,075
Technician - increase of 84,097
Technician Plus - decrease of 104,605
General - increase of 29,718
Advanced - decrease of 32,941
Extra - increase of 32,727

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 20,508

Total all classes - decrease of 19,079


From May 14, 2000, to September 23, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 28,147
Technician - increase of 84,356
Technician Plus - decrease of 104,854
General - increase of 29,749
Advanced - decrease of 33,101
Extra - increase of 32,722

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 20,498

Total all classes - decrease of 19,225


From February 22, 2007, to September 4, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 1,555
Technician - decrease of 4,487
Technician Plus - decrease of 6,216
General - increase of 12,148
Advanced - decrease of 2,127
Extra - increase of 3,143

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 10,703

Total all classes - increase of 906


From February 22, 2007, to September 15, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 1,642
Technician - decrease of 4,017
Technician Plus - decrease of 6,563
General - increase of 12,257
Advanced - decrease of 2,209
Extra - increase of 3,207

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 10,580

Total all classes - increase of 1,033


From February 22, 2007, to September 23, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 1,714
Technician - decrease of 3,758
Technician Plus - decrease of 6,812
General - increase of 12,288
Advanced - decrease of 2,369
Extra - increase of 3,252

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 10,570

Total all classes - increase of 887


73 de Jim, N2EY