The fewer number of younger hams in the USA is not due to lack of club stations
to operate from, at least for college-aged hams. Since 1989 I have
studied/worked at a series of universities with club stations. Some have pretty
nice HF antennas. In each case, the number of student hams actually using the
club stations was tiny (1 or 2 if any), they mostly sat empty. Take a look at
the number of "S" entries in the ARRL Sweepstakes for example.
For younger hams in the USA (before college), there aren't typically any
available club stations. Most local US ham clubs are based around no-code/VHF
repeaters. Contest clubs in the US are organized on larger scales (ARRL/CQ
"circles"), usually don't do much on a local level, and don't have club
stations.
Tor
N4OGW/5
--- On Mon, 8/24/09, Felipe J Hernandez <fhdez@islandnetjm.com> wrote:
> From: Felipe J Hernandez <fhdez@islandnetjm.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Why Are European Contesters Younger?
> To: ly8o@ot.lt, cq-contest@contesting.com
> Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 8:25 AM
> Remi,
>
> Thats what I imagined, I remember well those days, got my
> ham license also
> 29 yrs ago and now 44 yrs young..I remember well the soviet
> union's calls and
> great activity from those days.
>
> I think we are struggling everywhere with Ham population,
> but somehow still
> comes to my mind that "clubhouses" were important to
> attract people like in the old days.
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