On Friday, May 06, 2011 14:57:47 Ed Nisley wrote: > On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 13:07 -0400, Wesley Peterson wrote: > > At least with the declining number of HAM Operators > > Perhaps surprisingly, that's not the case: > > http://www.ah0a.org/FCC/Licenses.html > > The population seems to be more-or-less constant around 2/3 megaham. The > *increase* in recent years may due to a bunch of folks getting cozy with > the disaster preparedness concept. > > There is absolutely no way to measure the number of *actve* hams in that > population. For example, I'd claim to be active, but it's almost > entirely APRS and short-range intercom while on the bikes, so I might > not appear where anybody would be counting.
I'd say the number of "active hams" isn't as important as the number of hams that /could/ be active if the need arose. In other words, even an inactive ham that has 15 year old equipment sitting around can still be a very useful thing if a disaster happens. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 1 - Zimbra Jul 6 - Jul 2011 Aug 3 - Scala - 100th MHVLUG meeting
