FCC License Counts

[K1CJS]

Depends on how old the youngest Advanced licensee is, whether or not any of those Advanced class upgrade---and whether or not the FCC changes the regs and eliminates the Advanced class altogether!  (Remember, they've done something like that before.)

The FCC has done something similar only twice....

...But nobody got additional operating privileges from the change.

Yes, you're right, but some licensees have lost privileges because of license reshuffling.  Incentive licensing still sticks in the craw of a lot of licensees.  Of course, time will remedy that as well.  73!

[N2EY]

From http://www.arrl.org/fcc-license-counts

the number of current unexpired FCC issued amateur licenses held by individuals on March 14, 2013 was:

Novice:            13,611     (1.9%)
Technician      346,210   (48.7%)
Technician Plus         0     (0.0%)
General          164,048   (23.1%)
Advanced         55,910     (7.9%)
Extra              131,321   (18.5%)

Total              711,100

73 de Jim, N2EY

[N2EY]

From http://www.arrl.org/fcc-license-counts

the number of current unexpired FCC issued amateur licenses held by individuals on April 17, 2013 was:

Novice:            13,522     (1.9%)
Technician      346,628   (48.7%)
Technician Plus         0     (0.0%)
General          164,573   (23.1%)
Advanced         55,741     (7.8%)
Extra              131,673   (18.5%)

Total              712,137

73 de Jim, N2EY

[N3DF]

Jim,

Do you project 1M licensees within our lifetimes?  I'm estimating my date of death as 1/1/33.

Neil N3DF/Miami Beach

[N2EY]

From http://www.arrl.org/fcc-license-counts

the number of current unexpired FCC issued amateur licenses held by individuals on April 18, 2013 was:

Novice:            13,522     (1.9%)
Technician      346,781   (48.7%)
Technician Plus         0     (0.0%)
General          164,644   (23.1%)
Advanced         55,738     (7.8%)
Extra              131,717   (18.5%)

Total              712,402

73 de Jim, N2EY

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Hard to predict what the long-term growth will be. Six years ago, the number was about 655,000, but the growth since has not been linear at all. Who knows if there will ever be a million US hams?

73 de Jim N2EY

[N2EY]

From http://www.arrl.org/fcc-license-counts

the number of current unexpired FCC issued amateur licenses held by individuals on May 1, 2013 was:

Novice:            13,467     (1.9%)
Technician      346,843    (48.7%)
Technician Plus         0     (0.0%)
General          164,780   (23.1%)
Advanced         55,672     (7.8%)
Extra              131,863   (18.5%)

Total              712,625

73 de Jim, N2EY

[N2EY]

From http://www.arrl.org/fcc-license-counts

the number of current unexpired FCC issued amateur licenses held by individuals on May 15, 2013 was:

Novice:            13,438     (1.9%)
Technician      347,040    (48.7%)
Technician Plus         0     (0.0%)
General          165,004   (23.1%)
Advanced         55,613     (7.8%)
Extra              131,990   (18.6%)

Total              713,085

73 de Jim, N2EY