[CQ-Contest] Why Are European Contesters Younger?

[Felipe Ceglia - PY1NB]

Jim,

As a native non-speaker of english, I can say that that theory could be 
applied to dx and dx-ragchewing. In contests all you could learn is 
sending numbers, specially 59. In exceptional cases one would learn the 
abbreviations for US state names.

73,

Felipe - PY1NB



Jimk8mr at aol.com wrote:
> 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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