Amateur Radio is dying!

New license issuance is as high as historical numbers, but engagement is down.

Nick Booth

@alatartheblue One thing really stands out to me about this data - the spike at 2020-2021 is not nearly as high as I expected.

That’s when I got my license because COVID kept me inside and I found it through YouTube and HRCC. I swear I felt like there were so many people also just getting in compared to last year, and especially when I was starting up as a VE in mid 2021 I felt like the volume of people going through GLAARG tests was insanely high. Maybe I just had rose-tinted glasses from just getting into it though.

Thanks for publishing that data, fascinating stuff!

@alatartheblue

It's been dying since SSB overtook AM. Somehow, it's still around!

@kilroy_was_here

I had a similar line in there, but pulled it out.