[UK-CONTEST] Age of contesters

[tom wylie]

Or BELOOOOO  where you have to be 65 owning a straight key before you 
can take part...

;-)


Tom
GM4FDM

Clive Whelan wrote:
> Chris
>
> I did  a similar thing in the CW leg some years ago, and a JA did the 
> same concurrently, the results of which were published informally on the 
> CQ contest reflector. I doubt that much has changed in the interim, and 
> the very big difference then was that the Asian age profile was much 
> lower than the RoW, which in itself was probably heavily weighted by the 
> USA.
>
> There seems little doubt that the age profile in " developed" countries 
> is much higher than in others, and my own observations in e.g. the 
> recent EuHFC event ( CW only I think, and reporting the year of 
> licencing which is slightly different of course)  confirm that this is 
> the case within Europe itself. e.g. I believe that the population of 
> Slovenia and Wales is about the same, but even from within GW I probably 
> hear >10 times more S5s than GWs which is a source of some sadness.
>
> The reasons for this are beyond the scope of this discussion of course.
>
> The bottom line I think is that whilst you might be the perfect age for 
> a contester in Asia, you are just tooooo young for Europe and may need 
> to wait a few years until you achieve OAP ( OF?) status which I did a 
> year or so back ;-)
>
> 73
>
>
> Clive
> GW3NJW
>
> Chris Tran GM3WOJ wrote:
>   
>> 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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