With or without sunspots, the number of licensed hams in the
United States continues to grow and set new records.
According to the database
maintained by Joe Speroni, AH0A, there were 717,201 licensed amateurs in the
United States at the end of 2013, up more than 7,000 from the beginning of the
year.
According to the ARRL Letter, ARRL-VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM,
says the number of new licensees in 2013 increased by 7 percent over 2012, and
that the number of club licenses in the FCC database is also at an all-time
high.
