Amateur Radio Station Statistics

Total Amateur Radio Station Licenses
(by month by class)

Month Extra Advanced General Technician Novice ARS Total
07-01-08 114,035 62,838 142,535 317,653 19,007 656,068

Expirations are counted to end of the month, so any weekly results above this line underestimate totals.

Jun-08 114,299 63,233 143,221 318,758 19,200 658,711

May-08 113,805 63,561 143,279 318,251 19,376 658,272

Apr-08 113,443 63,945 143,297 318,201 19,630 658,516

Mar-08 112,853 64,293 142,924 316,876 19,806 656,752

Feb-08 112,493 64,679 142,798 316,736 20,024 656,730

Jan-08 112,184 65,025 142,639 315,854 20,250 655,952

Dec-07 112,022 65,368 142,680 315,314 20,458 655,842

Nov-07 111,866 65,717 142,709 315,068 20,687 656,047

Oct-07 111,783 66,157 142,803 314,809 20,949 656,501

Sep-07 111,577 66,651 142,501 313,968 21,158 655,855

Aug-07 111,432 66,975 142,336 313,830 21,385 655,958

Jul-07 111,055 67,245 142,001 313,008 21,590 654,899

Jun-07 110,812 67,529 141,366 313,237 21,751 654,695

May-07 110,468 67,852 140,151 315,103 21,991 655,565

Apr-07 109,975 68,186 138,442 316,133 22,204 654,940

Mar-07 109,486 68,498 136,560 318,028 22,476 655,048

Requirments for Morse code testing dropped for all license classes - February 23, 2007

Feb-07 108,605 69,025 131,463 323,493 22,891 655,477

Jan-07 108,436 69,516 130,798 324,163 23,353 656,266

Dec-06 108,223 69,915 131,224 323,073 23,633 656,068

Novice subbands dropped in favor of expanded phone privileges - December 15, 2006

Nov-06 108,271 70,244 131,558 322,926 23,832 656,831

Oct-06 108,629 70,700 132,154 322,758 24,213 658,454

Sep-06 108,406 70,778 131,991 321,237 24,315 656,727

Aug-06 108,348 71,079 132,275 321,084 24,520 657,306

Jul-06 108,201 71,411 132,510 320,492 24,721 657,335

New Technician Class Question Pool - July 1, 2006

Jun-06 108,207 71,764 132,798 320,380 24,893 658,042

May-06 108,217 72,307 133,402 320,376 25,197 659,499

Apr-06 107,979 72,535 133,544 319,374 25,400 658,832

Mar-06 107,837 72,920 133,892 319,714 25,726 660,089

Feb-06 107,527 73,357 134,200 318,933 26,105 660,122

Jan-06 107,472 73,819 134,607 318,610 26,435 660,943

Dec-05 107,440 74,221 135,067 319,125 26,747 662,600

Nov-05 107,304 74,391 135,170 318,580 26,908 662,353

Oct-05 107,211 74,918 135,729 318,317 27,424 663,599

Sep-05 107,145 75,116 135,911 318,064 27,652 663,888

Aug-05 107,009 75,298 135,982 317,714 27,780 663,783

Jul-05 106,909 75,559 136,204 317,607 27,981 664,260

Jun-05 106,878 75,821 136,466 317,772 28,151 665,088

May-05 106,693 76,128 136,588 317,740 28,384 665,533

Apr-05 106,587 76,418 136,808 318,318 28,615 666,746

Mar-05 106,471 76,755 137,189 318,548 28,913 667,876

Feb-05 106,241 77,210 137,490 318,730 29,237 668,908

Jan-05 106,124 77,541 137,779 318,851 29,449 669,744

Dec-04 106,090 77,948 138,292 319,742 29,765 671,837

Nov-04 105,962 78,177 138,449 320,085 29,949 672,622

Oct-04 105,873 78,360 138,516 319,875 30,080 672,704

Sep-04 105,863 78,706 138,786 320,640 30,302 674,297

Aug-04 105,790 79,047 139,165 321,226 30,627 675,855

Jul-04 105,595 79,274 139,296 320,658 30,821 675,644

New General Class Question Pool - July 1, 2004

Jun-04 105,690 79,963 140,354 324,646 31,511 682,164

May-04 105,361 80,012 140,053 323,732 31,545 680,703

Apr-04 105,380 80,658 140,634 324,231 32,010 682,913

Mar-04 105,239 80,966 140,872 323,703 32,337 683,117

Feb-04 105,110 81,512 141,228 322,905 32,516 683,271

Jan-04 104,965 81,742 141,292 322,646 32,629 683,274

Dec-03 104,894 82,034 141,498 322,821 32,812 684,059

Nov-03 104,754 82,209 141,392 322,712 32,830 683,897

Oct-03 104,722 82,472 141,331 322,385 32,940 683,850

Sep-03 104,578 82,715 141,290 322,215 33,033 683,831

Aug-03 104,515 82,931 141,407 323,814 33,156 685,823

Jul-03 104,493 83,143 141,429 324,627 33,412 687,104

New Technician Class Question Pool - July 1, 2003

Jun-03 104,253 83,242 141,166 323,947 33,798 686,406

May-03 104,089 83,509 141,096 323,987 34,374 687,055

Apr-03 103,971 83,726 140,959 324,396 34,808 687,860

Mar-03 103,707 83,838 140,470 322,396 35,026 685,437

Feb-03 103,558 84,021 140,186 322,047 35,265 685,077

Jan-03 103,404 84,192 140,022 321,798 35,621 685,037

Dec-02 103,257 84,326 139,848 321,805 36,072 685,308

Nov-02 103,125 84,458 139,725 321,675 36,319 685,302

Oct-02 102,983 84,544 139,452 321,008 36,511 684,498

Sep-02 102,771 84,651 139,065 320,067 36,703 683,257

Aug-02 102,702 84,786 138,878 319,995 36,990 683,351

Jul-02 102,496 84,920 138,509 319,664 37,163 682,752

New Extra Class Question Pool - July 1, 2002

Jun-02 102,155 85,136 138,548 319,655 37,652 683,146

May-02 101,155 85,483 138,971 320,381 38,245 684,235

Apr-02 100,153 85,690 138,980 319,768 38,574 683,165

Mar-02 99,467 85,908 138,917 319,880 39,008 683,180

Feb-02 98,900 86,178 138,843 319,727 39,509 683,157

Jan-02 98,425 86,424 138,824 319,671 40,006 683,350

Dec-01 97,977 86,545 138,625 319,735 40,155 683,037

Nov-01 97,615 86,703 138,376 319,322 40,496 682,512

Oct-01 97,466 86,841 138,276 319,277 40,767 682,627

Sep-01 97,227 87,045 138,047 319,430 41,184 682,933

Aug-01 96,981 87,145 137,801 319,408 41,455 682,790

Jul-01 96,633 87,328 137,557 319,805 41,738 683,061

Jun-01 96,400 87,528 137,433 320,574 42,375 684,310

May-01 95,974 87,663 136,950 320,505 42,698 683,790

Apr-01 95,644 87,853 136,514 320,700 43,241 683,952

Mar-01 95,243 88,082 136,056 321,012 43,966 684,359

Feb-01 94,824 88,344 135,437 320,625 44,564 683,794

Jan-01 94,147 88,618 134,616 320,103 45,118 682,602

Dec-00 93,807 88,783 134,144 319,874 45,632 682,240

Nov-00 93,417 89,032 133,689 319,663 46,362 682,163

Oct-00 92,903 89,310 132,818 319,375 46,776 681,182

Sep-00 92,541 89,605 132,144 319,502 47,180 680,972

Aug-00 92,015 89,937 131,361 319,587 47,670 680,570

Jul-00 91,142 90,320 129,789 319,831 47,839 678,921

Jun-00 90,451 90,837 128,652 320,892 48,441 679,273

May-00 83,104 96,759 117,903 330,567 49,016 677,349

Apr-00 77,530 101,725 111,337 337,870 50,077 678,539

Restructuring began April 15, 2000
No new Advanced, Tech Plus, or Novice Licenses issued by the FCC
Technician Plus renewals assigned Technican licenses

Month Extra Advanced General Tech+/Tech Novice ARS Total

Mar-00 75,985 103,048 109,787 338,334 50,630 677,784

Feb-00 75,609 103,215 110,047 336,712 51,263 676,846

Jan-00 75,428 103,360 110,201 335,967 51,762 676,718

Dec-99 75,392 103,471 110,386 335,768 52,375 677,392

Nov-99 75,293 103,455 110,406 334,793 52,819 676,766

Oct-99 75,252 103,447 110,488 333,922 53,078 676,187

Sep-99 75,207 103,512 110,518 333,194 53,510 675,941

Aug-99 75,186 103,608 110,651 332,751 53,825 676,021

Transition to ULS began July 15, 1999

Month Extra Advanced General Tech+/Tech Novice ARS Total

Jul-99 75,166 103,723 110,780 332,446 54,203 676,318

Jun-99 75,113 103,705 110,838 331,842 54,502 676,000

May-99 75,004 103,645 110,914 330,820 54,993 675,376

Apr-99 74,981 103,714 111,100 330,038 55,696 675,529

Mar-99 74,855 103,636 111,162 328,821 56,245 674,719

Feb-99 74,689 103,532 111,176 327,306 56,700 673,403

Jan-99 74,622 103,436 111,259 326,508 57,008 672,833

Dec-98 74,669 103,592 111,513 326,432 57,617 673,823

Nov-98 74,496 103,526 111,498 325,229 58,034 672,783

Oct-98 74,509 103,723 111,851 324,556 58,423 673,062

Sep-98 74,366 103,775 111,989 323,843 58,705 672,678

Aug-98 74,318 103,943 112,255 323,382 59,021 672,919

Jul-98 74,315 104,219 112,623 322,797 59,448 673,402

Jun-98 74,274 104,509 112,977 322,195 60,125 674,080

May-98 74,210 104,604 113,061 321,460 60,638 673,973

Apr-98 74,192 104,927 113,603 320,788 61,594 675,104

Mar-98 74,066 104,958 113,682 319,818 62,243 674,767

Feb-98 74,067 105,501 114,341 318,880 63,239 676,028

Jan-98 74,043 105,795 114,798 318,281 63,892 676,809

Dec-97 73,949 105,835 114,877 317,676 64,169 676,506

Nov-97 73,939 106,123 115,280 317,304 64,868 677,514

Oct-97 73,915 106,207 115,460 316,413 65,142 677,137

Sep-97 73,794 106,304 115,639 315,886 65,372 676,995

Aug-97 73,804 106,668 116,079 315,860 65,909 678,320

Jul-97 73,749 106,877 116,352 315,593 66,162 678,733

Jun-97 73,737 107,024 116,629 314,532 66,551 678,473

Expirations are counted to end of the month, so any weekly results above this line underestimate totals.
Month	Extra	Advanced	General	Technician	Novice	ARS Total
07-01-08	114,035	62,838	142,535	317,653	19,007	656,068
Jun-08	114,299	63,233	143,221	318,758	19,200	658,711
May-08	113,805	63,561	143,279	318,251	19,376	658,272
Apr-08	113,443	63,945	143,297	318,201	19,630	658,516
Mar-08	112,853	64,293	142,924	316,876	19,806	656,752
Feb-08	112,493	64,679	142,798	316,736	20,024	656,730
Jan-08	112,184	65,025	142,639	315,854	20,250	655,952
Dec-07	112,022	65,368	142,680	315,314	20,458	655,842
Nov-07	111,866	65,717	142,709	315,068	20,687	656,047
Oct-07	111,783	66,157	142,803	314,809	20,949	656,501
Sep-07	111,577	66,651	142,501	313,968	21,158	655,855
Aug-07	111,432	66,975	142,336	313,830	21,385	655,958
Jul-07	111,055	67,245	142,001	313,008	21,590	654,899
Jun-07	110,812	67,529	141,366	313,237	21,751	654,695
May-07	110,468	67,852	140,151	315,103	21,991	655,565
Apr-07	109,975	68,186	138,442	316,133	22,204	654,940
Mar-07	109,486	68,498	136,560	318,028	22,476	655,048
	Requirments for Morse code testing dropped for all license classes - February 23, 2007
Feb-07	108,605	69,025	131,463	323,493	22,891	655,477
Jan-07	108,436	69,516	130,798	324,163	23,353	656,266
Dec-06	108,223	69,915	131,224	323,073	23,633	656,068
	Novice subbands dropped in favor of expanded phone privileges - December 15, 2006
Nov-06	108,271	70,244	131,558	322,926	23,832	656,831
Oct-06	108,629	70,700	132,154	322,758	24,213	658,454
Sep-06	108,406	70,778	131,991	321,237	24,315	656,727
Aug-06	108,348	71,079	132,275	321,084	24,520	657,306
Jul-06	108,201	71,411	132,510	320,492	24,721	657,335
	New Technician Class Question Pool - July 1, 2006
Jun-06	108,207	71,764	132,798	320,380	24,893	658,042
May-06	108,217	72,307	133,402	320,376	25,197	659,499
Apr-06	107,979	72,535	133,544	319,374	25,400	658,832
Mar-06	107,837	72,920	133,892	319,714	25,726	660,089
Feb-06	107,527	73,357	134,200	318,933	26,105	660,122
Jan-06	107,472	73,819	134,607	318,610	26,435	660,943
Dec-05	107,440	74,221	135,067	319,125	26,747	662,600
Nov-05	107,304	74,391	135,170	318,580	26,908	662,353
Oct-05	107,211	74,918	135,729	318,317	27,424	663,599
Sep-05	107,145	75,116	135,911	318,064	27,652	663,888
Aug-05	107,009	75,298	135,982	317,714	27,780	663,783
Jul-05	106,909	75,559	136,204	317,607	27,981	664,260
Jun-05	106,878	75,821	136,466	317,772	28,151	665,088
May-05	106,693	76,128	136,588	317,740	28,384	665,533
Apr-05	106,587	76,418	136,808	318,318	28,615	666,746
Mar-05	106,471	76,755	137,189	318,548	28,913	667,876
Feb-05	106,241	77,210	137,490	318,730	29,237	668,908
Jan-05	106,124	77,541	137,779	318,851	29,449	669,744
Dec-04	106,090	77,948	138,292	319,742	29,765	671,837
Nov-04	105,962	78,177	138,449	320,085	29,949	672,622
Oct-04	105,873	78,360	138,516	319,875	30,080	672,704
Sep-04	105,863	78,706	138,786	320,640	30,302	674,297
Aug-04	105,790	79,047	139,165	321,226	30,627	675,855
Jul-04	105,595	79,274	139,296	320,658	30,821	675,644
	New General Class Question Pool - July 1, 2004
Jun-04	105,690	79,963	140,354	324,646	31,511	682,164
May-04	105,361	80,012	140,053	323,732	31,545	680,703
Apr-04	105,380	80,658	140,634	324,231	32,010	682,913
Mar-04	105,239	80,966	140,872	323,703	32,337	683,117
Feb-04	105,110	81,512	141,228	322,905	32,516	683,271
Jan-04	104,965	81,742	141,292	322,646	32,629	683,274
Dec-03	104,894	82,034	141,498	322,821	32,812	684,059
Nov-03	104,754	82,209	141,392	322,712	32,830	683,897
Oct-03	104,722	82,472	141,331	322,385	32,940	683,850
Sep-03	104,578	82,715	141,290	322,215	33,033	683,831
Aug-03	104,515	82,931	141,407	323,814	33,156	685,823
Jul-03	104,493	83,143	141,429	324,627	33,412	687,104
	New Technician Class Question Pool - July 1, 2003
Jun-03	104,253	83,242	141,166	323,947	33,798	686,406
May-03	104,089	83,509	141,096	323,987	34,374	687,055
Apr-03	103,971	83,726	140,959	324,396	34,808	687,860
Mar-03	103,707	83,838	140,470	322,396	35,026	685,437
Feb-03	103,558	84,021	140,186	322,047	35,265	685,077
Jan-03	103,404	84,192	140,022	321,798	35,621	685,037
Dec-02	103,257	84,326	139,848	321,805	36,072	685,308
Nov-02	103,125	84,458	139,725	321,675	36,319	685,302
Oct-02	102,983	84,544	139,452	321,008	36,511	684,498
Sep-02	102,771	84,651	139,065	320,067	36,703	683,257
Aug-02	102,702	84,786	138,878	319,995	36,990	683,351
Jul-02	102,496	84,920	138,509	319,664	37,163	682,752
	New Extra Class Question Pool - July 1, 2002
Jun-02	102,155	85,136	138,548	319,655	37,652	683,146
May-02	101,155	85,483	138,971	320,381	38,245	684,235
Apr-02	100,153	85,690	138,980	319,768	38,574	683,165
Mar-02	99,467	85,908	138,917	319,880	39,008	683,180
Feb-02	98,900	86,178	138,843	319,727	39,509	683,157
Jan-02	98,425	86,424	138,824	319,671	40,006	683,350
Dec-01	97,977	86,545	138,625	319,735	40,155	683,037
Nov-01	97,615	86,703	138,376	319,322	40,496	682,512
Oct-01	97,466	86,841	138,276	319,277	40,767	682,627
Sep-01	97,227	87,045	138,047	319,430	41,184	682,933
Aug-01	96,981	87,145	137,801	319,408	41,455	682,790
Jul-01	96,633	87,328	137,557	319,805	41,738	683,061
Jun-01	96,400	87,528	137,433	320,574	42,375	684,310
May-01	95,974	87,663	136,950	320,505	42,698	683,790
Apr-01	95,644	87,853	136,514	320,700	43,241	683,952
Mar-01	95,243	88,082	136,056	321,012	43,966	684,359
Feb-01	94,824	88,344	135,437	320,625	44,564	683,794
Jan-01	94,147	88,618	134,616	320,103	45,118	682,602
Dec-00	93,807	88,783	134,144	319,874	45,632	682,240
Nov-00	93,417	89,032	133,689	319,663	46,362	682,163
Oct-00	92,903	89,310	132,818	319,375	46,776	681,182
Sep-00	92,541	89,605	132,144	319,502	47,180	680,972
Aug-00	92,015	89,937	131,361	319,587	47,670	680,570
Jul-00	91,142	90,320	129,789	319,831	47,839	678,921
Jun-00	90,451	90,837	128,652	320,892	48,441	679,273
May-00	83,104	96,759	117,903	330,567	49,016	677,349
Apr-00	77,530	101,725	111,337	337,870	50,077	678,539
Restructuring began April 15, 2000 No new Advanced, Tech Plus, or Novice Licenses issued by the FCC Technician Plus renewals assigned Technican licenses
Month	Extra	Advanced	General	Tech+/Tech	Novice	ARS Total
Mar-00	75,985	103,048	109,787	338,334	50,630	677,784
Feb-00	75,609	103,215	110,047	336,712	51,263	676,846
Jan-00	75,428	103,360	110,201	335,967	51,762	676,718
Dec-99	75,392	103,471	110,386	335,768	52,375	677,392
Nov-99	75,293	103,455	110,406	334,793	52,819	676,766
Oct-99	75,252	103,447	110,488	333,922	53,078	676,187
Sep-99	75,207	103,512	110,518	333,194	53,510	675,941
Aug-99	75,186	103,608	110,651	332,751	53,825	676,021
Transition to ULS began July 15, 1999
Month	Extra	Advanced	General	Tech+/Tech	Novice	ARS Total
Jul-99	75,166	103,723	110,780	332,446	54,203	676,318
Jun-99	75,113	103,705	110,838	331,842	54,502	676,000
May-99	75,004	103,645	110,914	330,820	54,993	675,376
Apr-99	74,981	103,714	111,100	330,038	55,696	675,529
Mar-99	74,855	103,636	111,162	328,821	56,245	674,719
Feb-99	74,689	103,532	111,176	327,306	56,700	673,403
Jan-99	74,622	103,436	111,259	326,508	57,008	672,833
Dec-98	74,669	103,592	111,513	326,432	57,617	673,823
Nov-98	74,496	103,526	111,498	325,229	58,034	672,783
Oct-98	74,509	103,723	111,851	324,556	58,423	673,062
Sep-98	74,366	103,775	111,989	323,843	58,705	672,678
Aug-98	74,318	103,943	112,255	323,382	59,021	672,919
Jul-98	74,315	104,219	112,623	322,797	59,448	673,402
Jun-98	74,274	104,509	112,977	322,195	60,125	674,080
May-98	74,210	104,604	113,061	321,460	60,638	673,973
Apr-98	74,192	104,927	113,603	320,788	61,594	675,104
Mar-98	74,066	104,958	113,682	319,818	62,243	674,767
Feb-98	74,067	105,501	114,341	318,880	63,239	676,028
Jan-98	74,043	105,795	114,798	318,281	63,892	676,809
Dec-97	73,949	105,835	114,877	317,676	64,169	676,506
Nov-97	73,939	106,123	115,280	317,304	64,868	677,514
Oct-97	73,915	106,207	115,460	316,413	65,142	677,137
Sep-97	73,794	106,304	115,639	315,886	65,372	676,995
Aug-97	73,804	106,668	116,079	315,860	65,909	678,320
Jul-97	73,749	106,877	116,352	315,593	66,162	678,733
Jun-97	73,737	107,024	116,629	314,532	66,551	678,473