These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:

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 General/Advanced/Extra - 291,209 (43.2%)

Total all classes - 674,792


As of July 1, 2006:

Novice - 24,877 (3.8%) [decrease of 24,452]
Technician - 282,448 (42.9%) [increase of 77,054]
Technician Plus - 37,801 (5.7%) [decrease of 91,059]
General - 132,757 (20.2%) [increase of 20,080]
Advanced - 71,749 (10.9%) [decrease of 28,033]
Extra - 108,185 (16.4%) [increase of 29,435]

Total Tech/TechPlus - 320,049 (48.7%) [decrease of 14,205]

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 312,691 (47.5%) [increase of 21,482]

Total all classes - 657,817 (decrease of 16,975)

Note that these totals do not include licenses
that have expired but are in the grace period.

They also do not include club, military, RACES
or other station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new
Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced licenses
are no longer issued.

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.

73 de Jim, N2EY

wrote:
These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:

As of May 14, 2000:
i wonder if this isn't a bot posting from jim pc?

wrote in
ups.com:

These are the numbers of current, unexpired
amateur radio licenses held by individuals
on the stated dates, and the percentage of
the total number of active licenses that
class contains:

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 General/Advanced/Extra - 291,209 (43.2%)

Total all classes - 674,792


As of July 1, 2006:

Novice - 24,877 (3.8%) [decrease of 24,452]
Technician - 282,448 (42.9%) [increase of 77,054]
Technician Plus - 37,801 (5.7%) [decrease of 91,059]
General - 132,757 (20.2%) [increase of 20,080]
Advanced - 71,749 (10.9%) [decrease of 28,033]
Extra - 108,185 (16.4%) [increase of 29,435]

Total Tech/TechPlus - 320,049 (48.7%) [decrease of 14,205]

Total General/Advanced/Extra - 312,691 (47.5%) [increase of 21,482]

Total all classes - 657,817 (decrease of 16,975)

Note that these totals do not include licenses
that have expired but are in the grace period.

They also do not include club, military, RACES
or other station-only licenses.

Note also that effective April 15, 2000, new
Novice, Technician Plus and Advanced licenses
are no longer issued.

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.

73 de Jim, N2EY


They cheapened the license, now nobody decent wants to get one and the FCC
is still thinking of dumbing it down even more. Pretty soon it will be
just CB'ers, lids, and retards that get licensed because testing will get
dumbed down to the point even they can get an extra, then the rest of us
will have to listen to bands that sound like 11 meters.

Slow Code wrote:
wrote in
ups.com:

73 de Jim, N2EY


They cheapened the license, now nobody decent wants to get one and the FCC
is still thinking of dumbing it down even more. Pretty soon it will be
just CB'ers, lids, and retards that get licensed because testing will get
dumbed down to the point even they can get an extra, then the rest of us
will have to listen to bands that sound like 11 meters.
funny they sound that way nNOW esp the HF bands

"an old friend" wrote in message
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Slow Code wrote:
why is it you keep adding Ngs to threads?


Why do you feel anybody has to answer you, Mark?
You're a nobody. Nothing.

Jolly Roger wrote:
"an old friend" wrote in message
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Slow Code wrote:
why is it you keep adding Ngs to threads?


Why do you feel anybody has to answer you, Mark?

I don't feel anybody has to answer

OTOH SC would be will advised to answer is he could

You're a nobody. Nothing.

and yet you feel a need to reply to me, and those you don't reply to
most are replied to y some or other

Indeed if you truly thought I was nobody you would bother repling to me
your reply is proof you are lying
that and the efforts to forge my posts proves somebody thinks I am
important enough to merit such treatement

"an old freind" wrote in message
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Jolly Roger wrote:
"an old friend" wrote in message
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Slow Code wrote:
why is it you keep adding Ngs to threads?


Why do you feel anybody has to answer you, Mark?

I don't feel anybody has to answer

OTOH SC would be will advised to answer is he could

You're a nobody. Nothing.

and yet you feel a need to reply to me, and those you don't reply to
most are replied to y some or other

Indeed if you truly thought I was nobody you would bother repling to me
your reply is proof you are lying
that and the efforts to forge my posts proves somebody thinks I am
important enough to merit such treatement

One last time, Mark. You are a nobody. A nonentity.
You don't count.
plonk

Jolly Roger wrote:
"an old freind" wrote in message
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Jolly Roger wrote:
"an old friend" wrote in message
oups.com...

You're a nobody. Nothing.

and yet you feel a need to reply to me, and those you don't reply to
most are replied to y some or other

Indeed if you truly thought I was nobody you would bother repling to me
your reply is proof you are lying
that and the efforts to forge my posts proves somebody thinks I am
important enough to merit such treatement

One last time, Mark. You are a nobody. A nonentity.

and yet you feel a need to reply to me, and those you don't reply to
most are replied to y some or other

Indeed if you truly thought I was nobody you would bother repling to
me
your reply is proof you are lying
that and the efforts to forge my posts proves somebody thinks I am
important enough to merit such treatement
You don't count.
obviously I do
plonk
promises promieses

Jolly Roger wrote:
"an old freind" wrote in message
oups.com...

Jolly Roger wrote:
"an old friend" wrote in message
oups.com...

You're a nobody. Nothing.

and yet you feel a need to reply to me, and those you don't reply to
most are replied to y some or other

Indeed if you truly thought I was nobody you would bother repling to me
your reply is proof you are lying
that and the efforts to forge my posts proves somebody thinks I am
important enough to merit such treatement

One last time, Mark. You are a nobody. A nonentity.

and yet you feel a need to reply to me, and those you don't reply to
most are replied to y some or other

Indeed if you truly thought I was nobody you would bother repling to
me
your reply is proof you are lying
that and the efforts to forge my posts proves somebody thinks I am
important enough to merit such treatement

you have only forgered 4 posts from me this very night
You don't count.
obviously I do
plonk
promises promieses

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