A speculation:
Amateur radio, contesting included, provides an opportunity for practicing
a very valuable skill for young people in much of the world: interaction
with native speakers of the English language.
A skill not of much value in America.
73 - Jim K8MR
In a message dated 8/22/2009 7:09:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
n4zr@contesting.com writes:
In trolling through web sites recently, I have come away with one
dominant impression - non-US contesters, and particularly those in
Europe, are on average much younger than their US counterparts.
The question is "why?" All speculations welcome.
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