[CQ-Contest] Why Are European Contesters Younger?

[Felipe J Hernandez]

Speculation one and two 

1. In Europe Amateur radio is considered a sport
(some people even say CW is an art that has been perfected in the old world) 
2. The abundance of PSP,s playstations and other distractions found in america are certainly less than in Europe.

Felipe

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jimk8mr at aol.com 
  To: n4zr at contesting.com ; cq-contest at contesting.com 
  Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 7:16 AM
  Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Why Are European Contesters Younger?



  A speculation:
   
  Amateur radio, contesting included, provides an opportunity for practicing  
  a very valuable skill for young people in much of the world: interaction 
  with  native speakers of the English language. 
   
  A skill not of much value in America.
   
   
  73  -  Jim     K8MR
   
   
   
   
  In a message dated 8/22/2009 7:09:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
  n4zr at contesting.com writes:

  In  trolling through web sites recently, I have come away with one 
  dominant  impression - non-US contesters, and particularly those in 
  Europe, are on  average much younger than their US counterparts.

  The question is  "why?"  All speculations  welcome.



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