[UK-CONTEST] Age of contesters

[Stewart Rolfe]

Presume you didn't encounter any (X)YLs to upset your survey Chris. I gather the delicate Japanese sensitivities exempt the female of the species from having to reveal their age in this contest.

Quaint innit?

73 (not my age....),

Stewart, GW0ETF



----- Original Message ----
> From: Chris Tran GM3WOJ <zl1ct1 at gm7v.com>
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Sent: Monday, 7 September, 2009 9:03:35 AM
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Age of contesters
> 
> Hello all
> 
> This has been discussed before, but might still be of interest. I made 280 
> QSOs in the All Asia SSB contest at the weekend, using the callsign GA2MP 
> (the GA2 prefix creates an instant pile-up on any band)  Most of the QSOs 
> were with JA, BY etc...
> 
> Here is the age breakdown :
> 1 x Teen (UA9QCZ age 15)
> 5 x 20s
> 15 x 30s
> 58 x 40s
> 89 x 50s
> 88 x 60s
> 20 x 70s
> 1 x 80s (JA2AN age 83)
> Average age = 55.5 years
> 
> Not a particularly scientific study, but my conclusion is that at age 58 I 
> am exactly the right age for contesting !
> 
> 73
> Chris
> GM3WOJ/ZL1CT 
> 
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