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<DIV>fyi.</DIV>
<DIV>Cam</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=bvarc@bvarc.org>Rick Hiller
via BVARC</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 01, 2017 13:28</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=bvarc@bvarc.org>bvarc@bvarc.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=wn3ocv@gmail.com>Rick Hiller</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [BVARC] The latest Ham numbers, if you
like...</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style='FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>As of December 31,
2016, the total number of licensees in the FCC database was 742,787. The
all-time high was of 743,003 reached November
2016.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif; COLOR: black'>Breakdown goes like
this:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif'> <SPAN
style="COLOR: black">143,337 Amateur Extra
licensees<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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45, 071 Advanced licensees<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif'> <SPAN
style="COLOR: black">172,807 General licensees<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif'> <SPAN
style="COLOR: black">371,560 Technician licensees<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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10,012 Novice licensees.<SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">US population is currently
325,508,188, so the 742,787 licensed US Radio Amateurs comprise .228% of the
US population.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">BVARC, at 200 members,
makes up about .027 percent of the Ham Population.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">ARRL members, 170,000, are
about 22.8 percent of the licensed hams.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Put that in your TTFD
terminating resistor and smoke it. W5RH <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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