[CQ-Contest] Results of Age Survey

[Felipe J Hernandez]

John

Im curious to see whats the median age of the ones that have been licensed less than 10 years.

Thanks Great Info!..

Felipe

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: K1AR at aol.com 
  To: aa5jg at yahoo.com ; cq-contest at contesting.com 
  Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 1:27 PM
  Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Results of Age Survey


  Darn it! That was a typo. The overall first licensed age was 17.
   
  Not having a good formatting experience today.
   
  73 John, K1AR
   
   
  In a message dated 9/28/2009 1:20:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
  aa5jg at yahoo.com writes:

  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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