[CW] cw operator's age

[Jan Robbins]

As I read over the message I just sent, it dawned on me there were at 
least two other significant factors at work to produce the spurt in ham 
licensing about 40-60 years ago.

One was the cold war, which generated in a lot of us both a curiosity 
about strange, possibly "forbidden" places as well as consciousness of a 
need for "preparedness" (didn't every boy scout troop in those days 
encourage SWLing and ham radio?  BOY'S LIFE sure did).

The other was Sputnik (1958), which both greatly expanded and greatly 
improved science teaching, esp. in middle and high schools (my 8th grade 
science teacher was a ham; I was licensed in 9th grade; not a coincidence).

Vy 73 to all!  Jan N0JR



Michael NØXY wrote:

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> Alfred Lorona wrote:
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>> 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?
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> CW ain't for kids?
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> :-)
>
> N0XY
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