Here is a link to a graph of the number of field day participants over
the years. This may be a bit more representative of the number of active
hams than the number of licensees.
http://members.shaw.ca/va7to/FieldDayParticipation.html
73, Darrell VA7TO
Darrell Bellerive
On 13-02-28 11:58 AM, Bry Carling wrote:
I do know a lot of money went to ham clubs for their emergency services a few
years ago when pactor digital messaging got going.
Millions in fact for large e comm vans and trucks, transceivers, generators,
antennas etc.
I have never been quite sure what to think about that.
Does anybody know if very many of these 700,000 new hams are actually active
on the air ??
The bands don't sound any busier to me.
Bry AF4K
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