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Date: | Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:14:40 -0400 |
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BlankPhil,
You got me curious. Here is the number of licensed hams from 1971 to 2012
by decade
• December 1971: 285,000
• December 1981: 433,000
• December 1991: 494,000
• December 2001: 683,000
• December 2012: 709,500
Clearly, the biggest jump occurred after the code requirement was reduced to
5 WPM for all classes of license. No code certainly contributes to the
number of operators. There are now 130,000 Extras.
I suspect though, judging from what I hear on the HF bands, that activity of
the newer hams is more likely on VHF and above.
Steve, K8SP
Lansing, MI
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