FRStack 1.4.7 adds Scanning, Band Edge Beep, Band Use Label, SSB Meter Level Mute, Remote Hand or Fo

Why is it that all the 30,000 Italians come on at the same time, on the same frequency, have their radios in the bathroom and have HUGE over-driven amplifiers?

I hate to be a pessimist, but the Japanese amateurs cited are based on an IARU report from 2000! The MIC publishes data showing that there were only 446,602 licensed stations as of October 2011 (perhaps this is a case of comparing apples and oranges - license holders vs. station licenses, but it does not bode well).

The numbers are off for the US also, since 2000 our numbers have risen to 726,275 (but how many of them are "first responders" that got a little salary bump, and couldn't care less for the hobby is anyone's guess).

My guess is, that this list is from the same IARU report that is 15 years old. That's a billion years old in statistical-age equivalence.

Roy, AC2GS