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1945 UNTIL 1965 WILL SOON BE AGING OFF THE LICENSEE ROLLS, AND IT SEEMS
LIKELY THAT WELL SEE A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF HAMS UNLESS WE
TAKE STEPS TO REVERSE IT, THE COMMITTEE SAID.  ARRLS PETITION REITERATES
COMMITTEE OBSERVATIONS THAT AMATEUR RADIO TODAY EXISTS AMONG MANY MORE
MODES OF COMMUNICATION THAN IT DID HALF A CENTURY AGO, OR EVEN 20 YEARS
AGO.  NOW NUMBERING SOME 378,000, TECHNICIAN LICENSEES COMPRISE MORE THAN
HALF OF THE US AMATEUR RADIO POPULATION.  ARRL SAID THAT AFTER 17 YEARS OF
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