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CONTENT OF THE ORDER CAN BE FOUND AT WWW. FEDERAL NEWS RADIO.  COM/ 519/
2933910/ OBAMA ASSIGNS NEW RESPONSIBILITIES FOR KEEPING GOVERNMENT
CONNECTED IN CASEOF EMERGENCY.  2011 ARRL ANNUAL REPORT NOW AVAILABLE THE
ARRL ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2011 NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE REVIEWS THE MAJOR EVENTS
OF THE YEAR AND DOCUMENTS THE RENEWED GROWTH OF BOTH THE ARRL AND THE
ACTIVITIES OF THE AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE.  FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR,
ARRL MEMBERSHIP GREW, TOTALING 157,813 MEMBERS AT YEAR END.  ACCORDING TO
ARRL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DAVID SUMNER, K1ZZ, AMATEUR RADIO IS
FLOURISHING DESPITE CHALLENGES ON MANY FRONTS, AMATEUR RADIO AND THE ARRL
WERE IN BETTER SHAPE AT THE END OF 2011 THAN AT THE BEGINNING.  IN
SEPTEMBER, WE REACHED A MILESTONE IN AMATEUR LICENSING, WITH 700,000
INDIVIDUALS LICENSED BY THE FCC, AND REACHED 702,056 AT THE END OF
DECEMBER, UP R86 PERCENT FOR THE YEAR.  SUMNER NOTED THAT ARRL MEMBERSHIP
ALSO GREW AT R86 PERCENT, EXACTLY THE SAME RATE AS THE LICENSING NUMBERS.
WHILE MEMBERSHIP IS STILL SHORT OF ITS ALL TIME HIGH, WE HAVE ACHIEVED FIVE
STRAIGHT YEARS OF GROWTH, STRAIGHT THROUGH THE RECESSION, HE SAID.  THIS
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