Actually in the US in 1962 (the year I was licensed) there were over 250,000 hams in the US. The callbook I saved to show my first call was the summer 1963 and it lists 258,000 hams. Bob W6VY --- AJSOENKE at aol.com wrote: > in 1971 210,000 would have been pretty close to actual number, in > US. > > Al WA6VNN > >