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On Apr 16, 7:24 pm, N2EY wrote:
On Apr 16, 10:21 am, "Michael J. Coslo" wrote: While Washington DC is a district, for all intents and purposes, it is a city, just like Philadelphia or New York. It's even more urbanized than Philadelphia, IMHO. (I've spend considerable time in both cities). My point is not a matter of degree, but that urban areas often have less Hams than we might think. In the PAQSO party, Philadelphia is a rare county. When you get to the more suburban areas around it, there are a lot more hams. It's a rough estimate due to being a specific activity. And in line with what Jim had said, I'm actually surprised that there are some many hams per non-hams. I think you meant "so many hams...". I suspect that many of them are temporary transplants (students, for example). Ratio, like 300 non hams for each 1 ham. I can under stand that there are relatively many hams in places like Alaska. They live a lot closer to the edge of disaster than most of us, and there's only so much infrastructure you can put in in some of the more remote areas. I don't think Alaskans are "much closer" to the edge of disaster than most of us. However, I bet they do have fewer restrictions on antennas. That I'd have to disagree with. Many Alaskans are pretty close to the edge. We don't have to get food and supplies brought in by snowmobile or bush pilot. There was a case I read about where a snowmobile brigade was formed to ferry fuel oil to a remote village so that the inhabitants could survive through the winter. The coastal areas are not too bad, but you get inland and it can be pretty scary. When I was in Juneau, I hiked on some trails that went by tunnels that were sent through the mountains for the miners to get to their work in the winter. They weren't mining in the tunnel, it was drilled to protect the miners. A mining company wouldn't spend money on a luxury like that unless it had to. That Ham radio license can be a real lifesaver up there. |
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On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:58:11 EDT, "Michael J. Coslo"
wrote: On Apr 16, 7:24 pm, N2EY wrote: On Apr 16, 10:21 am, "Michael J. Coslo" wrote: While Washington DC is a district, for all intents and purposes, it is a city, just like Philadelphia or New York. It's even more urbanized than Philadelphia, IMHO. (I've spend considerable time in both cities). My point is not a matter of degree, but that urban areas often have less Hams than we might think. And rural areas tend to have a higher ratio of hams. A case in point is Pahrump, NV, where I live. 35,000 population spread over a valley 10 miles wide by 20 miles long, in the middle of the desert. Most housing lots are 1.25 acres with little or no CC&Rs. (*) The nearest nearby towns are at least a half hour away. According to qrz.com, there are 322 ham licenses (not counting the 4 club licenses) with Pahrump in their address. That's a ratio of 1 to 109. Nationally, according to http://www.arrl.org/fcc-license-counts there are 689,553 ham licenses in the USA. According to http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html the USA population is 309,145,162, for a ratio of 1 to 448. (*) My house is in a development which covers a quarter of the town, and my CC&Rs (written 30 years ago) do not even mention antennas and towers, just things like setbacks. And the CC&Rs are scheduled to expire in a couple of years. We are engaged in an active effort to make new hams here, including holding free-of-cost classes for those who are interested. I run the local VE team. Last Saturday, we had 11 candidates, nine got new Technician licenses, and one upgraded to Extra. Last month, we held a month-long study program for upgrade to General. In the VE session that followed, we had 14 candidates, most of whom passed. In January, we had a one-half-day study program for Technician (commonly called a cram). At the following VE session we had 10 candidates, and all passed. Whenever someone passes an exam, I give to him/her a tri-fold pamphlet. One side says "Congratulations. We know you have questions. Call on any of us for advice and for help raising antennas." I.e., we are offering to be Elmers. The other side of the pamphlet describes our local ARES/RACES organization and invites them to join. About a quarter of them do join ARES/RACES. Dick Grady AC7EL |
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![]() In article , Dick Grady AC7EL wrote: And rural areas tend to have a higher ratio of hams. A case in point is Pahrump, NV, where I live. 35,000 population spread over a valley 10 miles wide by 20 miles long, in the middle of the desert. Most housing lots are 1.25 acres with little or no CC&Rs. (*) The nearest nearby towns are at least a half hour away. According to qrz.com, there are 322 ham licenses (not counting the 4 club licenses) with Pahrump in their address. That's a ratio of 1 to 109. I remember when I visited Alaska years ago that there sure seemed to be a lot of hams. I just ran the numbers for Fairbanks and it's about 1 in 70. For Talkeetna, it's about 1 in 7.5. Patty |
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Patty Winter wrote: In article , Dick Grady AC7EL wrote: And rural areas tend to have a higher ratio of hams. A case in point is Pahrump, NV, where I live. 35,000 population spread over a valley 10 miles wide by 20 miles long, in the middle of the desert. Most housing lots are 1.25 acres with little or no CC&Rs. (*) The nearest nearby towns are at least a half hour away. According to qrz.com, there are 322 ham licenses (not counting the 4 club licenses) with Pahrump in their address. That's a ratio of 1 to 109. I remember when I visited Alaska years ago that there sure seemed to be a lot of hams. I just ran the numbers for Fairbanks and it's about 1 in 70. For Talkeetna, it's about 1 in 7.5. Patty in Excursion Inlet, Alaska, it is 4 to 1, Residents to Hams.. being as both my wife and I are licensed..... Bruce in Alaska AL7AQ -- Bruce in alaska add path after fast to reply .. |
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One of the things that influences the number of hams in a city or county
is the jobs of at least ONE of those ham radio operators. For example some years ago the number of ham licenses in Branch County Michigan went up by a fairly large (for that county) number. You see. A school hired a Ham and he convinced them to offer a class, regular day time class, as an elective. His graduates all got licenses. |
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