[CW] cw operator's age

[mikea]

On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 10:56:05AM -0700, Alfred Lorona wrote:
> I recorded the ages of the past 26 ops I contacted on 40 meter CW who volunteered their age. The average age for the 26 ops is 65. The youngest was 49 and the oldest was 91. Six were in the 50's age group. 13 were in the 60's age group. 3 were in the 70's age group. 2 were in the 80's age group. One each in the 49 and 90 age group. What do you make of this?
> 
> 73, AL, w6wqc

40-49            1
50-59            123456
60-69            123456789abcd
70-79            123
80-89            12
90-99            1
---------------------------
total            26

I find it is easier to make it out as a histogram. 

I'm not surprised, though I'm a bit saddened. I'll be 60 in
August. I _like_ CW, though I'm not as good at it as I'd like to
be, and may never get there. The good news is that we've had a
bunch of folks pass Element 1 recently, and I'm teaching another
Morse class right now, with some hopes of them passing Element 1
in June. Only one of the students in my class is over 50; three
are in their 40s, and the other three are ni their twenties.

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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