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<H1><FONT size=4>Prezados Colegas,</FONT></H1>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Contrariando a tendência registada em muitos países, no
Reino Unido, os números totais de radioamadores licenciados são
animadores, não só a nível anual como mensal, superando este ano o n.º
total absoluto desde 1994.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Como podem verificar, não só o numero aumentou, como
existe uma vontade de progressão nas diferentes categorias ou
classes.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>De salientar, que o n.º de estações dos Rádio Clubes
também sofreram um aumento significativo, para +76.</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>No entanto, somente daqui a 5 anos, aquando da renovação
da maioria das licenças, se poderá ter a certeza se estes dados são consistentes
e se de alguma forma o declínio registado entre 1995 e 2003 está
ultrapassado.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> De realçar, que desde 2003 existe um aumento
muito ligeiro no numero total de estações no serviço de amador.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Também chamar a vossa atenção, que o Reino Unido, foi um
dos primeiro países, breves meses após, a adoptar as recomendações da
WRC-03 para o serviço de amador e dai não se estranhar o facto de nesse mesmo
ano ter existido um aumento de +7,3%, atribuível ao fim dos exames de CW e a
alguns reajustamentos que isso implicou, contrariando assim os
dados registado desde 1995.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>João Costa</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>CT1FBF</FONT></DIV>
<H1><FONT face=Verdana size=3>UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st December
2007</FONT></H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The UK regulator Ofcom has supplied the figures for the
total number of Amateur Radio Licences issued as at 31st December
2007.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Change since last month</STRONG></FONT></P>
<DIV align=left>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=500 align=left>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD width=132><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Grade</FONT></STRONG></TD>
<TD width=148><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>31st Dec 07</FONT></STRONG></TD>
<TD width=149><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>30th Nov 07</FONT></STRONG></TD>
<TD width=69><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Change </FONT></STRONG></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>Foundation</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>9640</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>9514</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>+126</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>Intermediate</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>4095</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>4030</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>+65</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>Full/Advanced</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>50411</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>50260</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>+151</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>Club Stations</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>1289</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>1279</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>+10</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana></FONT></STRONG> </P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana></FONT></STRONG> </P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana></FONT></STRONG> </P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana></FONT></STRONG> </P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Change since last year</FONT></STRONG></P>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=500>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD width=134><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Grade</FONT></STRONG></TD>
<TD width=147><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>31st Dec 07</FONT></STRONG></TD>
<TD width=153><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>31st Dec 06</FONT></STRONG></TD>
<TD width=64><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Change</FONT></STRONG></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>Foundation</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>9640</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>7915</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>+1725</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>Intermediate</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>4095</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>3444</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>+651</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>Full/Advanced</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>50411</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>49165</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>+1246</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>Club Stations</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>1289</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>1213</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=Verdana>+76</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The change over the year should be treated with some
caution. It appears to show that the number of Advanced licence holders
increased by 1246, however, if you look carefully at the 2006 Advanced figures
you will see that December represented a fall of 2857 over November. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>In December 2006 the UK Regulator Ofcom introduced a new
Online licensing/renewal system. While the new online system provided a
significantly improved service to Radio Amateurs the fact that the number of
Advanced holders fell by 2857 may indicate that some Amateurs experienced
initial difficulties in renewing and that the December 2006 Advanced figure is
understated. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The number of Foundation licences increased by 1725 over
the year. This might just about keep pace with the numbers dying or leaving the
hobby. It is unlikely that many relatives of deceased Amateurs or those leaving
the hobby would bother to inform Ofcom of the change so they will continue to
appear in the monthly figures. It will only be in 4 years time when the 5 year
licences issued in Dec 2006 expire that we will see the true picture.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 30th November
2007<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2007/uk_amateur_radio_licences.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2007/<BR>uk_amateur_radio_licences.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st October
2007<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/november2007/uk_amateur_radio_licences.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/november2007/<BR>uk_amateur_radio_licences.htm</FONT></A><FONT
face=Verdana> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 31st December 2006
<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2007/uk_amateur_licences.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2007/<BR>uk_amateur_licences.htm</FONT></A><FONT
face=Verdana> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 30th November 2006
<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2006/uk_amateur_radio_licences.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2006/<BR>uk_amateur_radio_licences.htm</FONT></A><FONT
face=Verdana> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>AH0A - Amateur Radio Licensing Statistics <BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.ah0a.org/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.ah0a.org/</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG><EM>73 Trevor M5AKA</EM></STRONG>
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