[CQ-Contest] ARRL SS Contest Trend Analysis

[Eric Hilding]

Syl, VE5ZX, wrote:

 > It shows that 70% of the licences were granted more than 30 years ago. It
 > 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..

According to your cumulative figures, 82% of licenses were granted more 
than 25 years ago.

 > We need more data like this to help us understand our community.

IMHO, also having AGE data would be extremely useful.

The thought of eventual Contesting Extinction is not a happy one, so we 
gotta have fun-fun-fun 'til the grim reaper takes our contesting t-bird 
away (paraphrasing the Beach Boys song).

73 * CU in SS...

Rick, K6VVA