We recently also ran a membership check on ARRL Instructors. Over 90% are ARRL members. I would agree with Tom's conclusions. Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio 860 594 0220 -----Original Message----- From: Tom Frenaye [mailto:frenaye@pcnet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 9:10 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:14079] Re: membership stats for groups At 02:37 AM 5/17/2006, K8JE wrote:
It would be an interesting comparison (but for curiosity, only) to know the percentage of active ARES members and total ARES members who belong to the League.
It just takes a little time and patience... Get a list of callsigns (ARES members, club members, net members, etc) and type them in one at a time in the member lookup page. Then tally the results. http://www.arrl.org/members-only/ODV/memlook.html I did the same thing for a list of 500+ random (non-contest, non dx-pileup) people I heard on the air one weekend (160-2m) about 6-8 years ago. The results showed about 70% ARRL membership. My conclusion - active hams are mostly ARRL members. Finding ways to get more hams on the air translates into more members. If you have a long list of callsigns (>100) in a file and have a good reason, it may be possible for the IT department to do the matching when they have the time and send you back a list of membership types (some translation needed). Talk to Barry. -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444