Number of Amateur Radio Licensees Continues to Grow

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Number of Amateur Radio Licensees Continues to Grow

For the Ignite talk that I’m doing on November 7, I wanted a to show how the number of amateur radio licensees has grown over the past ten years or so. Unfortunately, the only graph that I could find had data through 2014.

So, with the data from the ARRL VEC, I created the above chart, which includes data through December 2019. Click on the chart to see full-size image.

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K1ZZ Lays Out Amateur Radio’s Agenda at the Upcoming World Radio Conference→

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K1ZZ Lays Out Amateur Radio’s Agenda at the Upcoming World Radio Conference

Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, may not be the ARRL CEO anymore, but he’s still working for amateur radio. He’s the secretary of the International Amateur Union (IARU) and will be a big part of ham radio’s presence at the upcoming World Radio Conference 2019. The confence starts on October 28 and runs through November 22.

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New ARRL Online Groups a Bit of a Yawner→

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New ARRL Online Groups a Bit of a Yawner

The ARRL has just announced that they have set up three new mailing lists (they’re using groups.io) to allow all radio amateurs—not just ARRL members—to “discuss issues and topics in two-way conversation with ARRL leadership.” These new mailing lists are “aimed at enhancing communication among ARRL leadership, staff, members, and prospective members, in a manner that enables timely updates and collegial discussion.”

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