[CQ-Contest] AADXCW Age Breakdown

[Kenneth E. Harker]

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 at kenharker.com
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