[Boatanchors] [Bulk] Re: ARRL Band Plan

[LM Picard]

I found some interesting information on the Wikipedia entry, "Amateur 
radio operator."

It suggests that incensing numbers spiked after CW requirements were 
relaxed.

I have rearranged a table from that article listing countries with the 
greatest percentage of their populations holding amateur licenses.  Of 
course some of this relates to how hard a license is to obtain and I 
would guess that in poor countries radio gear would be a luxury item 
limited to a very few.

I hope this displays as it should:

CountryNumbers of HamsPercent of Population

  Japan1,296,0591.012

  Slovenia6,5000.317

  Republic of China68,6920.296

  South Korea141,0000.288

  Thailand176,2780.275

  United States738,4970.239

  Canada69,1830.201

  Denmark8,6680.156

  Spain58,7000.127

  Norway5,3020.106

  United Kingdom58,4260.094

  Germany75,2620.092

  Australia15,3280.067

  Italy30,0000.049

  Argentina16,8890.042

  Poland16,0000.041

  Ukraine17,2650.037

  France18,5000.028

  Russia38,0000.026

  Brazil32,0530.016

  South Africa6,0000.012

  Indonesia27,8150.011

  India15,6790.001