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to some degree.<br>
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<div>I went through and counted only the ones that hadn’t expired
yet. <br>
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<div> Active or licensed? Those numbers, sadly, can be
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<div>That’s so cool. I have been looking for that
information. I seem to work Brazil a fair amount. It
has mostly been the countries that you listed though. </div>
<div>I just went through a website that has over 60 active
Ham radio operators in Bedford, MA. </div>
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<div> I was ruminating the other day about the
relative percentage of hams in various countries.
I seem to work A LOT of Italians, Spaniards and
Germans. So a quick Google search led me to
Wikipedia. It has a listing of hams by country (
<a shape="rect" href="https://bit.ly/3sI2aeR"
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The Top Ten by % of Population<br clear="none">
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border="2">
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<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">10:
United Kingdom: </td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">0.114</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">9:
New Zealand:</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">0.120<br
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</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">8:
Norway: (seriously?)<br clear="none">
</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">0.125<br
clear="none">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">7:
Spain:<br clear="none">
</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">0.127<br
clear="none">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">6:
Thailand:<br clear="none">
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<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">0.147<br
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<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">5:
Denmark<br clear="none">
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<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">0.152<br
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</tr>
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<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">4:
Canada:<br clear="none">
</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">0.187<br
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</tr>
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<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">3:
US:<br clear="none">
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<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">0.233<br
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<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">2:
Japan:<br clear="none">
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<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">0.304<br
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<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">1:
Slovenia:<br clear="none">
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<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">0.317<br
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Germany was 15 at 0.073% and Italy 21 at 0.049%.<br
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Slovenia was a bit of a surprise but it is a small
country so a relatively small population of hams
(6,500 as of 2000) can tip the scale pretty
easily. Same with Norway with 6,818 hams as of
2022. US had almost 780,000 as of 2021.<br
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