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Topic: Radio Days Are Back: Ham Radio Licenses at an All-

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Subject: Radio Days Are Back: Ham Radio Licenses at an All-
Date Posted: 22-Nov-2011 at 12:25

Radio Days Are Back: Ham Radio Licenses at an All-Time High

By Michelle Macaluso -Published November 22, 2011| FoxNews.com

The newest trend in American communication isn't another smartphone from Apple or Google but one of the elder statesmen of communication: Ham radio licenses are at an all time high, with over 700,000 licenses in the United States, according to the Federal Communications Commission.

Ham radio first took the nation by storm nearly a hundred years ago. Last month the FCC logged 700,314 licenses, with nearly 40,000 new ones in the last five years. Compare that with 2005 when only 662,600 people hammed it up and you'll see why the American Radio Relay League -- the authority on all things ham -- is calling it a "golden age."

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/11/17/radio-days-are-back-ham-radio-licenses-at-all-time-high/ - http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/11/17/radio-days-are-back-ham-radio-licenses-at-all-time-high/