[CQ-Contest] Will there be anyone to work in 20 years?

[Shane Mattson-->K1ZR]

Nope, however I see no reason why there shouldn't be a category in the
majors that recognizes the efforts of the youth that is active.  

-Shane


-----Original Message-----
From: Cal Darula K0DXC [mailto:k0dxc at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 4:08 PM
To: Shane Mattson-->K1ZR
Cc: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Will there be anyone to work in 20 years?

A special category will do absolutely nothing to recruit more youth. The key
is finding a way to get them into the hobby in the first place. 

Calvin Darula, K0DXC

Sent from my iPhone

On May 24, 2013, at 10:55 AM, "Shane Mattson-->K1ZR" <k1zr at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Fellow contesters,
> 
> 
> 
> We have a much bigger problem than the top 5 topics discussed on this 
> reflector ad nauseam.
> 
> 
> 
> Open the CQWW presentation Randy presented during Dayton this year:
> 
> 
> 
> http://cqww.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CQ-WW-for-Dayton-Conte
> st-For
> um-2013.pdf
> 
> 
> 
> Go to slide 15.  Look at the data in the first 3 columns.   The future
does
> not look good for this sport unless we find a way to attract more youth to
> ham radio and contesting, especially in the US.   
> 
> 
> 
> Something to ponder during the off-season.  At the very least I 
> recommended adding a special category in CQWW to recognize competition 
> amongst the youth.
> 
> 
> 
> -Shane K1ZR
> 
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