ARRL Annual Report 2019 Available
/The ARRL has released its Annual Report 2019, it shows the number of new amateur radio licenses issued in 2019 fell again
The number of new amateur radio licenses fell by 1% in 2017, 2% in 2018 and 5% in 2019, suggesting an accelerating trend.
ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, called 2019 “an exciting year for ARRL,” with several new initiatives moving through planning and development for rollout in 2020.
“Two of them — On the Air magazine and the ARRL Online Learning Center — signify steps taken toward the ‘new generation of hams’ that I’ve been talking about in the past few Annual Reports. They’ve been asking ARRL for help finding their way in amateur radio for so long, wanting to know everything from how to serve their communities, how to integrate the ham radio hobby and service with all the demands that modern life makes upon them, and even simply how to determine which parts of ham radio interest them.”
President Roderick also cited the development in 2019 of the ARRL Online Learning Center — an array of online courses that will at first serve new hams and later expand to courses and materials for hams at all skill levels. The Online Learning Center is expected to launch in early 2021.
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