[Ccarc] Ham operator numbers

[Tom Murray]

Got this info from a posting on QRZ.COM

Tom KB9WSL

Here is the analysis the numbers of individual FCC licensees covering the months of January through March 2008.



Notes:

It looks like the overall ARS numbers have increased by 912 from
January through March 2008. Tech/+ had large increases while General
had small increases. Novice and Advanced declined, as they always will.




It looks like the Technician license is still the most popular license
for newcomers, making good gains over the last 2 quarters, and also
seems like the large movement from hams upgrading to General has slowed
down to trickle Over the last 6 months. On the other hand we are seeing
rather good movement to Extra. 



This is the largest quarterly increase I have seen in a long time.



I should point out that what is being posted here are a comparison of
two snapshots of the numbers taken at two different times and it should
also be mentioned that the numbers change every day, sometimes
increasing and sometimes decreasing. I always use the last day of
previous reporting period and the last day of the present reporting
period.



Total active individual licenses as of May 14, 2000:

Novice - 49,329

Tech/+ - 334,254

General - 112,677

Advanced - 99,782

Extra - 78,750



Total all classes - 674,792



Total active individual licenses as of March 31, 2008:

Novice - 19,805 (-59.9%) (-29,524)

Tech/+ - 316,815 (-5.2%) (-17,439)

General - 142,918 (+26.8%) (+30,241)

Advanced - 65,367 (-34.5%) (-34,415)

Extra - 112,850 (+43.3%) (+34,100)





Total All Classes: 656,680 (+912) since the

4th Quarter 2007 reporting period ending December 31.



The numbers above are in comparison to what they were as of May 14,
2000 as this was when the code test was dropped to 5WPM for General and
Extra.



Total all classes (5/14/00) - 674,792

Total all Classes (4/21/03) - 687,860

Total all classes (3/31/08) - 656,680



Total loss of 18,112 since 5/14/2000 (Was 674,792)

Total Loss of 31,180 since 4/2003 (all time high of 687,860)



We Gained:

1,563 Tech/+

244 General

831 Extra

+2,638 Total



We lost:

651 Novice

1,075 Advanced

-1,726 Total



+ 912 Gain for the quarter



Numbers of US population and the number of hams at the start of each decade from 1930.



Year Population # Hams Growth Rate

1930 123,202,624 19,000

1940 132,164,569 56,000     +194%

1950 151,325,798 87,000     +55%

1960 179,323,175 230,000    +164%

1970 203,211,926 263,918    +15%

1980 226,545,805 393,353    +49%

1990 248,709,873 502,677    +28%

2000 281,421,906 682,240    +36%

2008 303,000,000 656,680     -3.8% (est. population)



The 2008 number was as of March 31 2008





73

George

K3UD
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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