[Boatanchors] Number of amateur radio operators in the United States

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Group,

I was out of town and missed the middle part of this thread so don't know 
what started it.  But to put that (insignificant looking??) 0.224% figure into 
perspective, the most recent (20050707) Status of Forces figures (abbreviated) 
for the United States Navy are:

Active Duty: 363,630
Ready Reserve: 142,094
Selected Reserve: 78,323

Total: 584,047

So there are more Hams than Sailors.

In a message dated 7/21/2005 3:48:56 PM Central Daylight Time, 
bwils at bellsouth.net writes: 
> I am confused!! The number I sent was from QRZ.  I used 665,000 Hams and 
> 296,000,000 to get my
> 0.224% population are hams.  Must have a typo as am 2 finger typist.  The 
> figures I had were 664,905 Hams and 296.676,056 people.
> 
> 
> At 10:16 AM 7/21/2005 -0700, Glen Zook wrote:
> 
> >The number "quoted" for the amateur radio operator
> >population is way too low.  As of 30 June 2005 there
> >are the following number of amateur radio operators in
> >the United States:
> >
> >Novice       28,151
> >Tech        317,655
> >General     136,435
> >Advanced     75,812
> >Extra       106,852
> >
> >Total All Classes - 664,905

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