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[kenke3x at gmail.com]

N6TJ wrote:

"So very sadly, today's Generation X has no clue on how to operate, and it  
shows.... But hey, look at all the new "operators" we've brought into  
contesting. Oh boy.............. >

Then NY7N wrote:

"As a member of "Generation X" at 34 (in fact, one year removed from  
Generation Y), I'm not going to just sit here and take this sort of feces  
flinging....

With attitude like this towards younger (younger? I have a kid old enough to  
be a ham, for Marconi's sake) hams, it's amazing any new blood comes into  
amateur radio - especially into contesting."

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Well I am happy to report my General Class licensed son Patrick K3PAL  
(Generation Y, 18 years old) stayed up all night Saturday night keeping me  
company during Russian DX.   He had a great time matching his skills against  
top competitors around the world.

But he was NOT in a radio contest.

He was playing DC Universe Online after being recruited onto a global  
interactive 8-man team with players from Europe to Silicon Valley.   He's  
ranked in the top 100 globally (out of a million players) and is just as  
passionate about DCUO as I am about 'Unassisted Radio Contesting'.

So I suggest you try explaining to a 'Generation Y' kid that you can't use  
the internet during a radio contest, and let me know how that conversation  
goes.

I have other sons who are showing limited interest in ham radio, but they  
are doing it because they value their time with Dad, not because traditional  
radio contesting can compete with the 'adrenaline factor' of online gaming.   
 It simply cannot.

73,

Ken KE3X