[CQ-Contest] ARRL SS Contest Trend Analysis
VE5ZX
ve5zx at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 1 18:22:18 EST 2006
Now that is an interesting analysis! Eric here is your data expressed in
cumulative total percentage of the number of participants be they
individuals, groups and clubs
Range & Freq Cum %
CK 2001-2005=32 %100
CK 1996-2000=39 % 97
CK 1991-1995=49 % 94
CK 1986-1990=47 % 89
CK 1981-1985=40 % 86
CK 1976-1980=144 % 82
CK 1971-1975=125 % 70
CK 1966-1970=133 % 60
CK 1961-1965=192 % 49
CK 1956-1960=198 % 33
CK 1951-1955=138 % 16
CK 1946-1950=32 % 5
CK 1941-1945=2 % 2
CK 1936-1940=14 % 2
CK 1931-1935=7 % 1
CK 1926-1930=2 % 0
CK 1921-1925=1 % 0
CK 1916-1920=0 % 0
CK 1911-1915=0 % 0
CK 1906-1910=2 % 0
TOTAL 1197
It shows that 70% of the licences were granted more than 30 years ago. 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..
We need more data like this to help us understand our community. Well done!
Syl
Sylvan Katz - VE5ZX
Saskatoon, SK
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