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Ham radio decline in Germany

Gerrit Herzig DH8GHH has made available Licence Statistics and Exam
Information which shows Amateur Radio in Germany has been declining
since 2002

The IARU Region 1 website reports the 5th International Youth Meeting
took place during HAM Radio 2016 at Friedrichshafen. Youth, youth
coordinators, youth workers and interested persons from at least 12
countries joined the meeting.

In the meeting there were three lectures:

- La Radio è Giovane: YOTA the Italian way - Silvio Gaggini IZ5DIY,
Alex Carletti IV3KKW
http://www.ham-yota.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/YOTAItalia.pdf

- (Statistics) about the success of ham radio training in Germany -
Gerrit Herzig DH8GHH
http://www.ham-yota.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Statistics-Ham-Radio-Education-in-Germany-HamRadio-2016.pdf

- HAM Radio training in the Berlin area - Lars Weiler DC4LW (no slides
available)

In 2002 there were about 80,000 radio amateurs in Germany, by 2015
this had fallen to 67,349.

By 2010 the numbers joining the hobby had slumped so much there were
only 379 candidates for the Class E exam (equiv UK Intermediate) and
just 147 taking the Class A exam (equiv UK Full).

To combat the decline the DARC made available a free online training
course on their website and has become more active in education and
youth work.

The figures for 2015 show an improvement with 590 candidates taking
the Class E exam with 325 for the Class A exam.

It is hoped that a new Entry-Level Class K? licence may be introduced.

IARU Region 1 http://iaru-r1.org/