Interesting. It tells me that real hams do it with CW.
Dan/W4NTI
> [Original Message]
> From: Tommy <aldermant@alltel.net>
> To: SECC <secc@contesting.com>
> Date: 11/14/04 9:28:05 AM
> Subject: [SECC] Old?
>
> Since the recent thread about 'old' (er) hams, I was curious about
> what happened in the recent SS. Mainly becaues I recalled a heck of
> a lot of check numbers being in the 50's. So, out of 849 QSO's in
> the SS, here is the breakdown based on check numbers in the decades.
> A surprisingly large amount of hams licensed before 1950 and a
> surprisingly small amount of hams licensed after 2000.
>
> Total QSO's = 849
>
> Decade QSO's Percentage of Total
>
> <50 36 4.24%
>
> 50's 259 30.51%
>
> 60's 274 32.27%
>
> 70's 170 20.02%
>
> 80's 50 5.89%
>
> 90's 45 5.3%
>
> 00's 5 0.59%
>
> 01's 3 0.35%
>
> 02's 5 0.59%
>
> 03's 2 0.24%
>
>
> Tom - W4BQF
>
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