On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 09:53:39AM -0600, Sylvan Katz wrote:
> > The _vast_ majority of hams using packet (at least in North America) are
> > over 50 years old.
>
> Now this is an interesting generalization! I sure would like to see some
> evidence for this notion. Intuitively one might expect that the
> "_vast_majority" are under the age of 50 :-)
Well, it's at least as likely a generalization as saying that because this
one young Croatian contester likes packet, all young radio contesters are
eagerly embracing packet as a part of contesting. :-)
In my contest/DX club, a majority of the membership is over 50 years old.
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