More than 30,000 New Hams in 2017

ARRL published an article talking about the number of new hams that came to us in 2017. For the fourth year in a row, more than 30,000 new hams.

At the end of 2017 the US Amateur Radio population stood at 748,136, this is a net growth of 5,349 over 2016.

Please see their article for overall numbers from 2008-2017 and the significant growth in the number of licensed hams.

http://www.arrl.org/news/more-than-30-000-new-ham-licensees-and-7-000-amateur-radio-exam-sessions-in-2017