Total Amateur Radio Station Licenses
(by month by class)

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Month	Extra	Advanced	General	Technician	Novice	ARS Total
05-19-2013	131,961	55,532	164,947	346,326	13,402	712,168
05-12-2913	131,796	55,527	164,686	345,638	13,398	711,045
05-05-2013	131,661	55,514	164,458	345,024	13,399	710,056
Expirations are counted to end of the month; weekly results above this line underestimate totals.
Apr-13	131,983	55,714	164,954	347,580	13,501	713,732
Mar-13	131,502	55,797	164,325	346,543	13,575	711,742
Feb-13	131,237	55,973	163,963	346,169	13,624	710,966
Jan-13	130,983	56,163	163,715	345,618	13,687	710,166
Dec-12	130,736	56,314	163,370	345,369	13,786	709,575
Nov-12	130,626	56,457	163,130	345,228	13,850	709,291
Oct-12	130,385	56,522	162,755	344,426	13,884	707,972
Sep-12	130,120	56,616	162,283	343,732	13,930	706,681
Aug-12	129,974	56,726	162,107	343,816	13,969	706,592
Jul-12	129,621	56,838	161,656	343,392	14,023	705,530
Jun-12	129,364	56,970	161,522	343,557	14,099	705,512
May-12	128,816	57,160	161,714	344,254	14,187	706,131
Apr-12	128,113	57,275	161,358	343,672	14,258	704,676
Mar-12	127,674	57,393	161,220	343,597	14,352	704,236
Feb-12	127,284	57,577	161,070	343,427	14,464	703,822
Jan-12	126,684	57,760	160,654	342,324	14,547	701,969
Dec-11	126,431	57,875	160,554	342,583	14,613	702,056
Nov-11	126,227	57,989	160,341	342,600	14,687	701,844
Oct-11	125,785	58,083	159,919	341,777	14,750	700,314
Sep-11	125,661	58,224	159,861	341,658	14,817	700,221
Aug-11	125,477	58,326	159,604	341,425	14,875	699,707
Jul-11	125,139	58,455	159,454	341,397	14,954	699,399
Jun-11	125,015	58,625	159,322	341,676	15,099	699,737
May-11	124,535	58,708	158,228	341,794	15,145	698,410
Apr-11	124,217	58,835	157,577	342,161	15,284	698,074
Mar-11	123,934	59,032	157,050	342,572	15,459	698,047
Feb-11	123,391	59,162	156,268	342,127	15,537	696,485
Jan-11	123,154	59,298	156,001	342,212	15,637	696,302
Dec-10	122,951	59,387	155,781	342,191	15,731	696,041
Nov-10	122,620	59,487	155,460	341,972	15,858	695,397
Oct-10	122,426	59,610	155,201	341,803	15,951	694,991
Sep-10	122,268	59,769	155,106	341,691	16,057	694,891
Aug-10	121,960	59,852	154,717	341,557	16,120	694,206
Jul-10	121,730	59,938	154,425	341,847	16,179	694,119
Jun-10	121,640	60,059	154,284	342,064	16,299	694,346
May-10	121,287	60,154	153,682	340,475	16,384	691,982
Apr-10	120,966	60,328	153,285	339,272	16,595	690,446
Mar-10	120,573	60,483	152,727	338,128	16,755	688,666
Feb-10	119,900	60,554	151,838	336,147	16,855	685,294
Jan-10	119,627	60,668	151,305	335,018	16,965	683,583
Dec-09	119,403	60,795	150,970	334,245	17,084	682,497
Nov-09	119,100	60,863	150,479	333,505	17,167	681,114
Oct-09	118,819	60,951	150,040	332,420	17,211	679,441
Sep-09	118,569	61,041	149,749	331,427	17,295	678,081
Aug-09	118,197	61,021	149,043	330,293	17,290	675,844
Jul-09	117,847	61,069	148,475	329,372	17,338	674,101
Jun-09	117,557	61,147	147,946	328,334	17,431	672,415
May-09	117,303	61,293	147,373	327,432	17,564	670,965
Apr-09	116,996	61,440	147,027	326,657	17,698	669,818
Mar-09	116,644	61,592	146,457	325,722	17,892	668,307
Feb-09	116,101	61,754	145,521	324,098	18,023	665,497
Jan-09	115,818	61,924	145,097	323,248	18,185	664,272
Dec-08	115,625	62,104	144,832	322,660	18,343	663,564
Nov-08	115,354	62,234	144,458	322,001	18,485	662,532
Oct-08	115,158	62,400	144,191	321,243	18,599	661,591
Sep-08	114,902	62,577	143,803	320,336	18,705	660,323
Aug-08	114,760	62,772	143,621	319,965	18,866	659,984
Jul-08	114,621	63,055	143,499	319,710	19,081	659,966
	New Extra Class Question Pool - July 1, 2008
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