[CQ-Contest] Results of Age Survey

[John Geiger]

The overall average age of first licensed was 7??

73s John AA5JG

--- On Mon, 9/28/09, K1AR at aol.com <K1AR at aol.com> wrote:

> From: K1AR at aol.com <K1AR at aol.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Results of Age Survey
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Monday, September 28, 2009, 12:09 PM
>  
> All, 
> You may recall about a month ago, based on a thread
> discussing contest  
> experience and age, that I would gather and analyze the
> information for you  
> based on an informal survey. What follows is a summary of
> the data that I  
> received over the past few weeks. Although not
> statistically valid, the  
> results are interesting at the very least. Enjoy! 
> 73 John, K1AR 
> Total Responses: 160 
> Responses by Geography:  
> US/VE – 122 
> DX – 38 (31 - Europe; 7 - Rest of  World) 
> Total Average Data: 
> Average Age - 52 
> Age First Licensed - 7 
> Age Started Contesting - 22 
> Years of Contest Experience - 29 
> US-only Data: 
> Average Age - 55 
> Age First Licensed - 16 
> Age Started Contesting - 23 
> Years of Contest Experience - 31 
> DX (all non-US) Data: 
> Average Age - 45 
> Age First Licensed - 18 
> Age Started Contesting -19 
> Years of Contest Experience - 25 
> Europe-only Data: 
> Average Age - 43 
> Age First Licensed - 18 
> Age Started Contesting - 19 
> Years of Contest Experience - 24 
> Other interesting  observations: 
>     *   Lots of non-US contesters
> started in club  stations, even before 
> they had their own personal callsigns. 
>     *   Field Day and the ARRL
> Novice Roundup were the  two operating 
> events that spawned interest in contesting for many
> survey  participants. 
>     *   The senior member of this
> group is Jim, W3CP,  who is 92 years 
> young. Cal, K0DXC, wins the youth prize at  14. 
>     *   There are quite a few
> contesters in this group  that got off to a 
> late start, often being a ham for decades before starting
> to  operate 
> contests. 
>     *   Although a small sample,
> it would seem that  European (and non-US 
> overall) contesters are indeed a younger group
> compared  to their US  
> counterparts.
> 
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