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<v Speaker 1>Has HAM radio become outdated? Is HAM radio outdated? And

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<v Speaker 1>what do the numbers say about the quantities of people

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<v Speaker 1>getting licensed and retaining their license over the last fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>or so years. Let's check this out. I got this

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<v Speaker 1>article from Reddit because I was browsing around for some

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<v Speaker 1>different stories and topics or follow ups on the FCC.

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<v Speaker 1>Delete delete, delete the deregulation video that I made a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of weeks ago that talks about some verbiage changes

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<v Speaker 1>to FCC policies for part ninety five, Part ninety seven,

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<v Speaker 1>Part ninety But I ran across this article on Reddit

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<v Speaker 1>and it caught my eye. Now, the FCC deregulation and

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<v Speaker 1>it comes from this is a Reddit post obviously, and

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<v Speaker 1>this is in the GMRS channel, and he's linking an

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<v Speaker 1>article from the Hill dot com. Okay, with the FCC

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<v Speaker 1>looking for input deregulation of quote anything. How would this

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<v Speaker 1>pertain to the future of handheld portable FM, HFUHF, et cetera.

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<v Speaker 1>Will GMRS have a regulated future? Will HAM not require

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<v Speaker 1>licensed thoughts? And there's some thoughts on this. And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not going to read hardly any of this to you guys,

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<v Speaker 1>because it was this last comment that caught my eye.

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<v Speaker 1>So this last comment right here was from a user.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that this whole article is eight months old, and

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<v Speaker 1>all of these comments are eight months old at the

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<v Speaker 1>time of this recording. Okay, but this is still pertinent

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<v Speaker 1>information because of the FCCD regulation blah blah blah, Department

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<v Speaker 1>of Government Efficiency and all that kind of jazz going on.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, Okay, Ham Radio. This line right here, this

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<v Speaker 1>is from this guy named Texas Weed. Now I'm embarrassed

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<v Speaker 1>that this guy's in Texas, quite frankly, and he's obviously

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<v Speaker 1>smoking some weed. Okay, so let's just read his statement here.

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<v Speaker 1>Ham Radio has become outdated. One significant drawback is a

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<v Speaker 1>lack of diversity among its participants, particularly regarding age and gender.

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, that's not completely true. Second of all,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see that as a drawback. If HAM Radio

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<v Speaker 1>was alive and well in the female community more so

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<v Speaker 1>than the male community, and it was growing in numbers,

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<v Speaker 1>as I'm going to demonstrate to you here in a second,

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<v Speaker 1>I still wouldn't see that as a drawback. So I

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<v Speaker 1>don't really agree with his statement there, But let's move on. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>He says, if you attend to Hamfest. You'll notice the

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<v Speaker 1>majority of attendees are older, white men, with very few

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<v Speaker 1>people of color present. Okay, Again, the numbers might say that,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't see how that's a drawback. Okay. And again,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone is welcome in Ham Radio, and I think we've

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<v Speaker 1>demonstrated that in numerous videos and numerous of my live

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<v Speaker 1>streams in my happy hours. You need to check out

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<v Speaker 1>a Bill Ham Radio tectonics, and you need to check

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<v Speaker 1>out l from She's on frequency. Check some of those

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<v Speaker 1>channels out and see. And yeah, there's a lot more

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<v Speaker 1>white men making videos today than there are others. But

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<v Speaker 1>anyone can do it. You are welcome to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>Starts your own channel. This is the part right here

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<v Speaker 1>that he's most wrong about. This is basically conjecture. This

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<v Speaker 1>is his opinion. He has the right to his opinion,

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<v Speaker 1>just like everyone else does. I don't agree with his opinion,

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<v Speaker 1>but he has the right to it. Okay. The second

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<v Speaker 1>instance here is really kind of what we want to

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<v Speaker 1>focus on anyways. Nowadays, a testing process for a teena

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<v Speaker 1>HAM radio license has become overly simplified. It often feels

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<v Speaker 1>like mere formality involving signing your name and paying a

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five dollars fee. A lot of people want that

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<v Speaker 1>that's not what you do. You actually have to know

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<v Speaker 1>some information to get ham radio license. And I agree

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<v Speaker 1>with and respect the fact that people take the time

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<v Speaker 1>to go get their hand radio license and study and

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<v Speaker 1>take a course. Okay, I respect that, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's something we should keep in place. Okay, otherwise it'll

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<v Speaker 1>just become like CB radio. And a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>will say GMRS radio is already becoming that way. Because

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<v Speaker 1>you just signed your name and buy a license. Anyone

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<v Speaker 1>can easily pass the test. Since the question answer pool

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<v Speaker 1>is available for free online. That's been true for about

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<v Speaker 1>five decades, maybe longer. So this is like, so what,

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<v Speaker 1>you still have to know the material. It's not an

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<v Speaker 1>open book test. They're not going to spoon feed you

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<v Speaker 1>the answers during the test. You still got to know

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<v Speaker 1>the material. It's a four hundred question pool of questions

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<v Speaker 1>with thirty five test questions for both the technician and

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<v Speaker 1>the general test, and then the extra pool is uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's either five or I think it's six hundred questions.

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<v Speaker 1>It might be more than that now. They've changed it

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<v Speaker 1>a few times recently. Six hundred or so questions in

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<v Speaker 1>the extra test question pool and fifty questions on that test,

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<v Speaker 1>So you still have to know this material to pass

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<v Speaker 1>the test. You can't just look it up or use

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<v Speaker 1>your or google it during your test. You have to

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<v Speaker 1>learn and know the material because you don't know which

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five questions or which fifty questions are going to

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<v Speaker 1>be on your test. You can simply download this information

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<v Speaker 1>and take the test without any real education, knowledge or skill.

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<v Speaker 1>Despite making it easy, the numbers continued to dwindle. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so I will agree that the test is easier than

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<v Speaker 1>it was ten years ago, twenty years ago, something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>In two thousand and six is when they removed the

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<v Speaker 1>Morse Code requirements. So it used to be used to

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<v Speaker 1>be a long time ago. You had Novice, General, Advanced,

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<v Speaker 1>and Extra. There might have been a technician in there

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<v Speaker 1>as well, okay, But then they came out with the

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<v Speaker 1>Technician no code. The Novice, the General, they Advanced, the

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<v Speaker 1>Extra all required Morse Code and the difference was you

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<v Speaker 1>had to do more words per minute as you upgraded

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<v Speaker 1>your license. Okay, And then they came out with a

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<v Speaker 1>Technician no Code, which was the first ever test and

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was around nineteen ninety one or two.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the first license I got, which in nineteen ninety four,

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<v Speaker 1>and they also had a Technician plus which was a

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<v Speaker 1>few more questions, but also Morse code. And then eventually

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<v Speaker 1>they got rid of all of that and they had

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<v Speaker 1>Technician only, General only, and Extra only and it was

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<v Speaker 1>all questions, no Morse code. And this happened in two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and six, and since then the numbers have pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much with the exception of some COVID fluctuation, the numbers

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<v Speaker 1>have been pretty much growing since then. And I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to show you the graph that I found. I did

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<v Speaker 1>some digging today and I found some graph and some

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<v Speaker 1>numbers for people who the total number of licensed people

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<v Speaker 1>and the total number of new licenses that we've seen

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<v Speaker 1>since about two thousand and seven. First, let me tell

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<v Speaker 1>this guy's basically just he's either trolling or he's got

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<v Speaker 1>to stick up his butt about something. Okay, He's conjecturing

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of opinions, misplaced opinions, misplaced guidance, and fake facts,

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<v Speaker 1>fake news as it were. And this is what someone

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<v Speaker 1>who has this mindset. It's not I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 1>start talking politically or anything. But so I did a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of digging, and I incorporated some websites, and

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<v Speaker 1>I put some stuff together, and I did a analysis

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<v Speaker 1>of the number of new Ham Radio licenses and total

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<v Speaker 1>number of Ham Radio licenses since two thousand and six

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<v Speaker 1>or seven or some of that information wasn't available, I

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<v Speaker 1>should say, Okay, based on data from the AWL annual reports,

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<v Speaker 1>news releases, and FCC statistics compiled by amateur radio clubs.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's a summary of the number of new ham radio

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<v Speaker 1>licenses issued each year. Note that the exact figures for

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and six and seven were not available located

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<v Speaker 1>in available resources. The Morse code requirement was eliminated in

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<v Speaker 1>early two thousand and seven, and I actually think of

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and six, I think the AI got this

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<v Speaker 1>part wrong, but leading to a surge starting that year. Yes, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's been talked about in numerous videos since then.

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<v Speaker 1>The data shows a steady growth post two thousand and seven,

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<v Speaker 1>peaking around twenty fourteen, possibly influenced by COVID et cetera,

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<v Speaker 1>et cetera. So here's what we see. So in two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and eight, the number of new licenses in two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and eight was twenty eight thousand, sixty six, just

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<v Speaker 1>over thirty thousand, two thousand and nine, twenty seven thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four thousand, twenty seven. It kind of peaks right

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<v Speaker 1>here around two thousand and fourteen, with thirty three thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred and forty one that year, and then it

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<v Speaker 1>kind of remains pretty steady until twenty twenty, and it

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<v Speaker 1>actually dropped in twenty twenty to twenty nine thousand, and

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<v Speaker 1>then we got a surge in twenty twenty one because

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<v Speaker 1>everyone a lot of the lockdowns started in like early

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty and a lot of people were at home

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<v Speaker 1>watching YouTube. I got a surge on this channel watching

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<v Speaker 1>my channel watchers in YouTube, and there was a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people asking about ham Radio licensing and hammereto testing.

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<v Speaker 1>So you can see right here at this graph which

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<v Speaker 1>all these numbers right here in this list have been

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<v Speaker 1>compiled into this graph right here, and you can see

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<v Speaker 1>right there that the numbers kind of dipped a round

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty, then they got a shot in the arm

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<v Speaker 1>around twenty twenty one, and then for whatever reason, they

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<v Speaker 1>kind of dip down in twenty twenty two and twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three, probably because those numbers would have been a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit more average if we didn't have such a

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<v Speaker 1>peak in twenty twenty one, Okay, And then you can

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<v Speaker 1>see for twenty twenty four they came way back up.

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<v Speaker 1>Over thirty thousand people got a new license in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four. This is new hamm radio license issued per

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<v Speaker 1>year from twenty eight to twenty twenty four. Okay, I

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<v Speaker 1>think that's a respectable graph right there. I would like

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<v Speaker 1>to see it go up a little bit more like this.

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<v Speaker 1>And I wonder if twenty twenty five is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be higher than this, since it did such a jump

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<v Speaker 1>from around twenty four thousand and nine to around thirty

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and six, from twenty twenty three to twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are we seeing that. It's possible we're seeing that

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<v Speaker 1>simply because of events like Hurricane Helen and Hurricane Harvey

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<v Speaker 1>here in Texas a couple of years ago, and places

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<v Speaker 1>overseas that are employing the help of hand radio operators

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<v Speaker 1>for earthquakes and tsunamis. I've been reading some stories about

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<v Speaker 1>that lately. It's very possible that we've been seeing that

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<v Speaker 1>type of thing. People are starting to take notice and

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<v Speaker 1>recognize like they have in the past. People recognize this,

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<v Speaker 1>and they kind of let it drop off for a while,

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<v Speaker 1>and then they recognize it again. It's a whole new

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<v Speaker 1>group of people recognizing it. Okay, good. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>encouraging to see these numbers the way they are because,

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<v Speaker 1>according to this guy's pedantic comment on this Reddit post,

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<v Speaker 1>he says the numbers are dwindling, you would expect the

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<v Speaker 1>numbers to go down if they're dwindling. Instead, the number

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<v Speaker 1>of new licenses each year, again, this is not a

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<v Speaker 1>total number. This is a number of new licenses each

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<v Speaker 1>year continues to stay about the same or go up

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit. And you can see that with this

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<v Speaker 1>graph right here. You can see it kind of steady

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<v Speaker 1>from twenty fourteen to twenty twenty one. It's all kind

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<v Speaker 1>of steady, and then it dipped a little bit in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty two, twenty twenty three. And I wonder how

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<v Speaker 1>accurate that information is, honestly, because I have seen other

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<v Speaker 1>graphs where it was basically remaining steady. It got a

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<v Speaker 1>spike in twenty twenty one, and then it kind of

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<v Speaker 1>dropped back down to where twenty nineteen twenty twenty were,

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<v Speaker 1>and it remains steady to where you see it is

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty four. So I question whether these numbers

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<v Speaker 1>are accurate. Well, let's just say they are. Well, it's

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<v Speaker 1>still an encouraging number to see it raise up about

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<v Speaker 1>from six thousand more new licenses from twenty twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>to twenty twenty four. Now, if we can look at

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<v Speaker 1>the total number across the world. The data for worldwide

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't pull that. I couldn't get the AI, the

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<v Speaker 1>groc AI to recognize that it said about three million

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<v Speaker 1>worldwide from two thousand seven to twenty twenty four. It

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<v Speaker 1>gave the same exact number, and it even says that

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<v Speaker 1>it says we weren't for worldwide totals. Comprehensives. Yearly data

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<v Speaker 1>is not available as thearu's last full global survey was

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<v Speaker 1>in two thousand, three million licenses. Okay, so they haven't

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<v Speaker 1>done a global survey since then. Okay, So let's look

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<v Speaker 1>at USA licenses only. Total number of HAM radio licenses

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<v Speaker 1>in the USA in two thousand and seven with six

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<v Speaker 1>hundred fifty five thousand, eight hundred and today in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four, seven hundred and forty four thousand. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a total number of licenses, not just new licenses, not upgrades,

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<v Speaker 1>everything together. How many people have a HAM radio license today? Again,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't have twenty twenty five numbers because we're not

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<v Speaker 1>done with twenty twenty five yet. Maybe middle of next

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<v Speaker 1>year I'll be able to do another video talk about

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five numbers. Don't know what those are yet. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>But as of the end of twenty twenty four there's

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred and forty four thousand licensed amateur radio operas

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<v Speaker 1>just in the USA alone, as compared to ten years

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<v Speaker 1>before that. In twenty fourteen, there was seven hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five thousand and twenty fourteen. So we saw a

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<v Speaker 1>spike right here around like say two thousand and twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one, And that's what I expected to see, because

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<v Speaker 1>we actually got a lot of more people licensed during

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<v Speaker 1>COVID than what you would expect, and then it's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of gone down since then. Sadly, some people probably actually

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<v Speaker 1>died of COVID, especially given the age range of some

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<v Speaker 1>ham radio operators. But and I'm sad to see that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sad to see those numbers go down, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't wish that in anybody. But the numbers still

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<v Speaker 1>remain steady. So over the last seventeen years, in total,

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<v Speaker 1>we had six hundred and fifty five thou seventeen years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>and we have seven hundred and forty four thousand today,

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<v Speaker 1>ninety thousand more than we had about seventeen years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>So in all and all, the numbers keep going up

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<v Speaker 1>each year, not down. So yeah, you can be sarcastic,

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<v Speaker 1>you can be pedantic, you can be you know, down

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<v Speaker 1>in the dumps. You can be half this glass empty

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to be. But the numbers speak for themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>The number of lice of people getting their ham radio

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<v Speaker 1>license generally increases each year. The number of newly licensed

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<v Speaker 1>hams and the number of total license hams is on

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<v Speaker 1>a steady rise. It's definitely not dwindling. If it was

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<v Speaker 1>dwindling like this guy said it was, the you would

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<v Speaker 1>see those numbers kind of steadily, either slowly or quickly

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<v Speaker 1>increasing in a downward slope. And they're not doing that.

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<v Speaker 1>They're either going up or they're kind of staying steady. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, new people will come into the hobby

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<v Speaker 1>every day, and people will go silent key every day sadly,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's just kind of like the cycle of life.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's up to you and I to get people

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<v Speaker 1>interested in namature radio and tell them what it's actually

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<v Speaker 1>about and not believe crap that you read on Facebook

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<v Speaker 1>and Reddit and Twitter. That's just all down in the

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<v Speaker 1>dumps and sad, sad face people who have nothing better

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<v Speaker 1>to do with their time than just queue about everything.

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<v Speaker 1>So go out today, tell someone about ham radio. Tell

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<v Speaker 1>someone how great it is, because this is one of

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<v Speaker 1>the best hobbies that I have ever been a part of.

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<v Speaker 1>I welcome you. I don't care what you look like.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care what your background is, I don't care

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<v Speaker 1>where you're from. If you're interested in amature radio, you're

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<v Speaker 1>welcome in this channel, and I welcome you into this

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<v Speaker 1>Ham fam as it's called seventy three guys. I appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>you watching today. If you have comments about this or

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<v Speaker 1>any questions or another topic, put a comment in the

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<v Speaker 1>video below. And if you like this video. If you

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<v Speaker 1>enjoyed this, check out these videos over here because YouTube things.

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<v Speaker 1>You want to watch these next. We'll catch you next time.