[CTSARA] Some Interesting Field Day Statistics - part Deux

[Jon Perelstein]

And thus Jon Solomon has put his finger on the nub of the whole problem facing ham radio these days ... the younger members allow things like work and family to get in the way of their ham radio activities.

What IS to become of this hobby if that's the kind of younger hams we have??!

Jon
KB1QBZ

P.S.  As a member of the "other" second oldest profession (consultant), I highly resemble that remark you made.


--- On Thu, 7/1/10, Jonathan Solomon <jonstv at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Jonathan Solomon <jonstv at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CTSARA] Some Interesting Field Day Statistics - part Deux
To: "Jon Perelstein" <jperelst at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Stamford Amateur Radio Association" <ctsara at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010, 7:37 AM

Jon-

Those are amazing statistics!  (You have a future as an ESPN analyst!)

[For all those on the list... the following paragraph is stated tongue
in check...  No offense is meant... this is humor.. maybe not good
humor... but humor all the same...]

Have you considered that perhaps in our club, the young guys might
have actual jobs that require them to be at work 9-5 M-F (not
"consultants" or "retired")...  or that the "older" operators might
have a bit more trouble discerning QRMs from QSOs? :)

In all seriousness, kodus to the club.  We all know that ham radio had
the reputation of being "just a bunch of old fuddy duddies" and these
stats DISprove it.  If we keep up the ratio change of older men to
younger people including women over the next year, we might be able to
give the 55+ crowd a year of of physical labor!

What did /I/ notice during FD?  That, for the most part, the "older"
group was enjoying working with the younger group and, especially, the
newbies.  It brightened my day and up my spirits when I would walk "up
the hill" and see those guys sitting around chatting among themselves.
 Honestly.

So, Jon, can I request one more stat?  What percentage of club members
participated IN ANY WAY in FD?  I think /that/ is a stat we need to
really work on increasing for next year.

'73
Jon
W3EIC