[Boatanchors] Number of amateur radio operators in the UnitedStates

[Ed Swynar]

Hi Sheldon...

Is there even such a thing as a "Novice" class licence in the U.S.
anymore...? I thought the FCC did away with it.

If I'm wrong then, do the U.S. Novices still have cw sub-bands on 80- 40-15-
and 10-meters...? Do they have anything approaching a unique prefix?

I'm from Canada & just don't know any better...thanks for your indulgence!

~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ

PS: I used to love working those "WN" stations when I was a "novice" myself
back some 34 years ago...




----- Original Message -----
From: "Sheldon Daitch" <sdaitch at ibb.gov>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Number of amateur radio operators in the
UnitedStates


> See:
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> http://www.hamdata.com/fccinfo.html
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> This is updated, maybe daily.
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> 73
> Sheldon
> WA4MZZ
>
> 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
> >
> > Glen, K9STH
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