ARLA/CLUSTER: Mais de 30 000 novos licenciados nos E.U.A. em 2009

[João Gonçalves Costa]

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2009 sees surge of new USA Amateur Radio licensees

This past year was a banner year for new Amateur Radio licensees.

According to ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, the FCC issued more than 30,000 new ham radio licenses.

"In 2009, the demand for Amateur Radio exam sessions remained elevated and is still running at a higher rate than before the FCC's restructuring of the license requirements in 2007," Somma said. "This high level of exam session activity has produced an elevated influx of new applications, far outpacing recent years."

A total of 30,144 new licenses were granted in 2009, an increase of almost 7.5 percent from 2008. In 2005, 16,368 new hams joined Amateur Radio's ranks; just five years later, that number had increased by almost 14,000 -- a whopping 84 percent! The ARRL VEC is one of 14 VECs who administer Amateur Radio license exams.

Read the full ARRL story at
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2010/01/06/11278/?nc=1

AH0A - Amateur Radio Licensing Statistics
http://www.ah0a.org/
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