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Traditional Amateur Radio Contesting Faces a Demographic Cliff
04/08/2021
National Contest Journal (
NCJ) series, “The Demographics of Contesting,” with a post to his Social Circuits blog, called “Lemmings over a Demographic Cliff?” (His original articles appeared in the July/August and September/October 2020 issues of
NCJ.) Howell points to data showing that radio contesters are older than the average ARRL member. Taking into account
information from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics on Leisure Time Use, Howell opines that this should be expected.
“Leisure pursuits are highest during youth and young adulthood but dramatically taper off about ages 25 – 34 until age 55 and over,” Howell said. “This hollowing out of leisure and sport time is a predictable outcome of competing and more important activities.” According to Howell, the main competitor to radio amateurs engaging in on-the-air or workshop activities is television (now mor ....

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