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 December 2, 2007:

Novice - 20,634 (3.1%)
Technician - 293,165 (44.7%)
Technician Plus - 21,586 (3.3%)
General - 142,579 (21.8%)
Advanced - 65,629 (10.0%)
Extra - 111,806 (17.1%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 314,751 (48.0%)

Total all classes - 655,399


As of December 9, 2007:

Novice - 20,587 (3.1%)
Technician - 293,520 (44.8%)
Technician Plus - 21,390 (3.3%)
General - 142,608 (21.8%)
Advanced - 65,553 (10.0%)
Extra - 111,852 (17.1%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 314,910 (48.0%)

Total all classes - 655,510


As of December 22, 2007:

Novice - 20,507 (3.1%)
Technician - 294,270 (44.9%)
Technician Plus - 21,019 (3.2%)
General - 142,713 (21.8%)
Advanced - 65,424 (10.0%)
Extra - 111,991 (17.1%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 315,289 (48.1%)

Total all classes - 655,924


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 December 2, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 28,695
Technician - increase of 87,771
Technician Plus - decrease of 107,274
General - increase of 29,902
Advanced - decrease of 34,153
Extra - increase of 33,056

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 19,503

Total all classes - decrease of 19,393

From May 14, 2000, to December 9, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 28,742
Technician - increase of 88,126
Technician Plus - decrease of 107,470
General - increase of 29,931
Advanced - decrease of 34,229
Extra - increase of 33,102

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 19,334

Total all classes - decrease of 19,282


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

Novice - decrease of 28,822
Technician - increase of 88,876
Technician Plus - decrease of 107,841
General - increase of 30,036
Advanced - decrease of 34,358
Extra - increase of 33,241

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 18,965

Total all classes - decrease of 18,868


From February 22, 2007, to December 2, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 2,262
Technician - decrease of 343
Technician Plus - decrease of 9,232
General - increase of 12,441
Advanced - decrease of 3,421
Extra - increase of 3,536

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 9,575

Total all classes - increase of 719


From February 22, 2007, to December 9, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 2,309
Technician - increase of 12
Technician Plus - decrease of 9,428
General - increase of 12,470
Advanced - decrease of 3,497
Extra - increase of 3,582

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 9,416

Total all classes - increase of 830

From February 22, 2007, to December 22, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 2,389
Technician - increase of 762
Technician Plus - decrease of 9,799
General - increase of 12,575
Advanced - decrease of 3,626
Extra - increase of 3,721

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 9,037

Total all classes - increase of 1244


73 de Jim, N2EY