On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 06:34:10PM -0400, Dennis wrote:
> I made 376 QSOs in the AADXCW this past weekend. After removing all
> duplicate contacts,
> I came up with several interesting tidbits concerning the ages of the
> Asian stations.
>
> <19 3 (not including any 0s)
> 20-29 8
> 30-39 23
> 40-49 92
> 50-59 115
> 60-69 67
> 70-79 22
> >80 3
> Total 333
>
> Youngest non-zero was 15, oldest was 88.
>
> Almost 50% of the hams were between 50 and 59. Median was 50, and the
> average age was 52.8 years.
> Age of 53 was the most common age (17 hams), followed by age 59 (16 hams).
>
> It would appear that in 20 years, when the 23 hams in their 30's today
> are in their 50's, there will be
> considerably fewer stations to work.
GW3NJW did the same breakdown for the All Asian DX CW contest from his log
nine years ago:
http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1999-06/msg00134.html
The largest hump in his age distribution was in the 30s. Clearly, this means
that CW contesters are aging at twice the normal rate!
--
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker@kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/
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