[Boatanchors] Number of amateur radio operators in the UnitedStates

[Bob Wilder]

Yes there are still novices and advanced hams in the US and they can renew 
in that class.  No new novice or advanced licenses will be issued in the 
future.  This could change in the future.

Bob, AF2HD


At 04:20 PM 7/21/2005 -0500, Ed Swynar wrote:

>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:
> >
> > http://www.hamdata.com/fccinfo.html
> >
> > This is updated, maybe daily.
> >
> > 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
> > >
> > > Web sites
> > >
> > > http://home.comcast.net/~k9sth
> > > http://home.comcast.net/~zcomco
> > >
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