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Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL SS Contest Trend Analysis

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL SS Contest Trend Analysis
From: Eric Hilding <dx35@hilding.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:08:47 -0800
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Syl, VE5ZX, wrote:

 > It shows that 70% of the licences were granted more than 30 years ago. It
 > It looks like there maybe a rapid decline in participation in the near 
future
 > unless something is done to ramp up the number of new participants..

According to your cumulative figures, 82% of licenses were granted more 
than 25 years ago.

 > We need more data like this to help us understand our community.

IMHO, also having AGE data would be extremely useful.

The thought of eventual Contesting Extinction is not a happy one, so we 
gotta have fun-fun-fun 'til the grim reaper takes our contesting t-bird 
away (paraphrasing the Beach Boys song).

73 * CU in SS...

Rick, K6VVA


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