As of March 5, 2005 there were 667,876 licensed amateur radio operators in the USA according to the FCC data base. There were:
28,913 Novice licenses
318,548 Technician licenses (includes Tech and Tech +)
137,189 General Licenses
76,755 Advanced licenses
106,471 Extra licenses.

For more information, including a trend analysis of the decline and fall of amateur radio click on: http://www.speroni.com/FCC/Licenses.html

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