<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.4px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">Germany: Ham radio decline continues</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">German regulator <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">BNetzA</strong> reports the number of Radio Amateurs slumped in 2019 falling by 1406<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The figures for individual radio amateur licenses are:<br style="box-sizing:border-box">2017 total 64,548 (56,918 Klasse A and 7,630 Klasse E)<br style="box-sizing:border-box">2018 total 64,476 (56,619 Klasse A and 7,857 Klasse E)<br style="box-sizing:border-box">2019 total 63,070 (55,227 Klasse A and 7,843 Klasse E)<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Klasse A is equivalent to CEPT Class 1 (UK Full) permitting up to 750 watts PEP output and Klasse E is equivalent to CEPT Novice (UK Intermediate) permitting up to 100 watts PEP.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">You can download the BNetz 2019 statistics at <a href="https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Frequenzen/Amateurfunk/Statistiken/2019.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&amp;v=1" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">this link</strong></a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">BNetz amateur radio statistics archive <a href="https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Frequenzen/SpezielleAnwendungen/Amateurfunk/amateurfunk_node.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">click here</strong></a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>