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 April 1, 2007:

Novice - 22,447 (3.4%)
Technician - 288,853 (44.1%)
Technician Plus - 29,341 (4.5%)
General - 136,006 (20.8%)
Advanced - 68,478 (10.5%)
Extra - 109,343 (16.7%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 318,194 (48.6%)

Total all classes - 654,468


As of April 15, 2007:

Novice - 22,336 (3.4%)
Technician - 288,248 (44.0%)
Technician Plus - 28,903 (4.4%)
General - 137,583 (21.0%)
Advanced - 68,342 (10.4%)
Extra - 109,675 (16.7%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 317,151 (48.4%)

Total all classes - 655,087


As of April 22, 2007:

Novice - 22,266 (3.4%)
Technician - 287,840 (44.0%)
Technician Plus - 28,629 (4.4%)
General - 137,915 (21.1%)
Advanced - 68,249 (10.4%)
Extra - 109,797 (16.8%)

Total Tech/TechPlus - 316,469 (48.3%)

Total all classes - 654,696


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 April 1, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 26,882
Technician - increase of 83,459
Technician Plus - decrease of 99,519
General - increase of 23,329
Advanced - decrease of 31,304
Extra - increase of 30,593

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 16,060

Total all classes - decrease of 20,324


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

Novice - decrease of 26,993
Technician - increase of 82,854
Technician Plus - decrease of 99,957
General - increase of 24,906
Advanced - decrease of 31,440
Extra - increase of 30,925

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 17,103

Total all classes - decrease of 19,705


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

Novice - decrease of 27,063
Technician - increase of 82,446
Technician Plus - decrease of 100,231
General - increase of 25,238
Advanced - decrease of 31,533
Extra - increase of 31,047

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 17,785

Total all classes - decrease of 20,096


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

Novice - decrease of 449
Technician - decrease of 4,655
Technician Plus - decrease of 1,477
General - increase of 5,868
Advanced - decrease of 572
Extra - increase of 1,073

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 6,132

Total all classes - decrease of 212


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

Novice - decrease of 560
Technician - decrease of 5,260
Technician Plus - decrease of 1,915
General - increase of 7,445
Advanced - decrease of 708
Extra - increase of 1,405

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 7,175

Total all classes - increase of 407


From February 22, 2007, to April 22, 2007:

Novice - decrease of 630
Technician - decrease of 5,668
Technician Plus - decrease of 2,189
General - increase of 7,777
Advanced - decrease of 801
Extra - increase of 1,527

Total Tech/TechPlus - decrease of 7,857

Total all classes - increase of 16


73 de Jim, N2EY