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Posted on Monday, September 30, 2013 - 7:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Radio Days Are Back: Ham Radio Licenses at an All-Time High

The newest trend in American communication isn't another smartphone from Apple or Google but one of the elder statesmen of communication: Ham radio licenses are at an all time high, with over 700,000 licenses in the United States, according to the Federal Communications Commission.

Ham radio first took the nation by storm nearly a hundred years ago. Last month the FCC logged 700,314 licenses, with nearly 40,000 new ones in the last five years. Compare that with 2005 when only 662,600 people hammed it up and you'll see why the American Radio Relay League -- the authority on all things ham -- is calling it a "golden age."

"Over the last five years we've had 20-25,000 new hams a year," Allen Pitts, a spokesman for the group, told FoxNews.com.

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Milkman21218
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Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2013 - 12:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks to the Copper Electronics Forum along with Lon I am a Ham radio operator today.
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Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2013 - 6:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Of course it's "GOlden". The only easier way of getting a license for this "technical" hobby, would be to give it away with Cereals.
Is quantity really better than quality?? to be honest do we really have either today??

How many of those licenses are actually active?? My ex if licensed and has not been active in over 5 years.
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Revpo
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Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2013 - 8:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I saw someplace less than 50 percent were active.
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