[CQ-Contest] CW/Contesting Dying?

[Tom Frenaye]

At 03:11 PM 11/5/2002 -0500, KQ2M wrote:
>Why are there more hams than ever?

There aren't more hams than ever in the USA...

The totals have been stagnant for two years (max was in March 2001), and in the three years before that the overall increase was only 1%.   
http://WWW.AH0A.ORG/FCC/Licenses.html

Worldwide, ham radio growth is minimal also.   The most recent published IARU figures are from 2000 and show an increase of only 1000 hams out of 2.99 million... and only about 1% growth from 1995 to 2000.   http://www.iaru.org/statsum00.html

                -- Tom


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