2011 ARRL annual report #108

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W1CDN · 2024-01-17T10:09:43-06:00

W1CDN commented

2024-01-17 10:09:43 -06:00

https://www.arrl.org/files/file/About%20ARRL/Annual%20Reports/2011%20ANNUAL%20REPORT%20for%20viewing_indd.pdf
Right on the cover, check for more inside? Hard to digitize from skewed perspective.

About the Cover:
Before 1912, radio amateurs made up their own unique call signs. Hiram Percy
Maxim's self-assigned call was SNY. Not until the Radio Act of 1912 were the
first licenses issued and Irving Vermilya,1ZE, received “Skill Certificate No. 1.”
The first woman ham we know about was Graynella Packer who worked aboard
the SS Mohawk. In 1913 there were 1,322 licensed Amateur Radio operators
but by 1917 there were about 6,000 licensed radio amateurs listed in the federal
call book.
The 1950’s are considered by some to be the “Golden Age” of Amateur Radio,
but the number of licensed radio amateurs in the US in 1956 was only about
140,000. In the past 40 years, the number of US Amateur Radio operators
has continued to grow.
• December 1971: 285,000
• December 1981: 433,000
• December 1991: 494,000
• December 2001: 683,000
• December 2011: 702,056
We realize that these numbers always included some who were no longer active
in Amateur Radio. However, a recent survey of ARRL members indicates that
more than 80 percent of those responding are active.
Sources: print editions of Radio Amateur Callbook; www.ah0a.org; Carole E. Scott,
State University of West Georgia in the The History of the Radio Industry in the
United States to 1940; Modern Electrics, January 1910, page 471; US Department
of Commerce Amateur Radio Stations of the United States, 1913,1917.

p. 22

Membership in the organization did grow by almost 1% as well and we finished the year with a total of 157,813 members.

https://www.arrl.org/files/file/About%20ARRL/Annual%20Reports/2011%20ANNUAL%20REPORT%20for%20viewing_indd.pdf Right on the cover, check for more inside? Hard to digitize from skewed perspective. ![image](/attachments/91bc6029-3495-4c9b-9c14-66d9ce8cc414) ``` About the Cover: Before 1912, radio amateurs made up their own unique call signs. Hiram Percy Maxim's self-assigned call was SNY. Not until the Radio Act of 1912 were the first licenses issued and Irving Vermilya,1ZE, received “Skill Certificate No. 1.” The first woman ham we know about was Graynella Packer who worked aboard the SS Mohawk. In 1913 there were 1,322 licensed Amateur Radio operators but by 1917 there were about 6,000 licensed radio amateurs listed in the federal call book. The 1950’s are considered by some to be the “Golden Age” of Amateur Radio, but the number of licensed radio amateurs in the US in 1956 was only about 140,000. In the past 40 years, the number of US Amateur Radio operators has continued to grow. • December 1971: 285,000 • December 1981: 433,000 • December 1991: 494,000 • December 2001: 683,000 • December 2011: 702,056 We realize that these numbers always included some who were no longer active in Amateur Radio. However, a recent survey of ARRL members indicates that more than 80 percent of those responding are active. Sources: print editions of Radio Amateur Callbook; www.ah0a.org; Carole E. Scott, State University of West Georgia in the The History of the Radio Industry in the United States to 1940; Modern Electrics, January 1910, page 471; US Department of Commerce Amateur Radio Stations of the United States, 1913,1917. ``` p. 22 > Membership in the organization did grow by almost 1% as well and we finished the year with a total of 157,813 members.

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W1CDN commented

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Added 1913 and 1917 values from Scott (https://eh.net/encyclopedia/the-history-of-the-radio-industry-in-the-united-states-to-1940/). The 1917 value in Scott (13,581) differs from what ARRL reports from the federal call book.

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