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Amateur Radio Licensees in U.S.
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Steve <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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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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