Subscribe by RSSI did some quick analysis on the contacts I made in the 2009 JARTS RTTY contest this past weekend. Because the contest exchange is the age of the operator, and assuming the age provided in the exchange is accurate, you can do some simple calculations on that age. There are 2 exceptions to the age sent and they are 00 for YLs/XYLs and 99 for multi-op stations. I excluded those values from the below calculations.
There were 348 total contacts with 306 unique stations. Of those 306 unique stations, 7 had an age of 00 and 6 had an age of 99 and weren’t counted in the below stats. As for myself, I’m 46 years old.
All (306 unique contacts):
Average Age: 57.9
Median Age: 59
Youngest Age: 30 (2)
Oldest Age: 84 (2)
US Only (119 unique contacts):
Average Age: 60.0
Median Age: 61
Youngest Age: 34
Oldest Age: 84
Non-US Only (132 unique contacts):
Average Age: 54.3
Median Age: 53
Youngest Age: 30
Oldest Age: 78
Canadian Only (16 unique contacts):
Average Age: 53.5
Median Age: 64
Youngest Age: 44
Oldest Age: 76
Here is a chart of the distribution of contacts by age:
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| 348 contacts / 7 zero age / 6 ninety-nie age / | |||
| All (335 contacts) | |||
| Average without 0/99: | 57.94242 | ||
| Median without 0/00: | 59 | ||
| Youngest | 30 (2) | ||
| Oldest | 84 (2) | ||
| US Only (137 contacts): | |||
| Average without 0/99: | 60.05224 | ||
| Median without 0/00: | 61 | ||
| Youngest | 34 | ||
| Oldest | 84 | ||
| Non-US Only (151 contacts): | |||
| Average without 0/99: | 54.35099 | ||
| Median without 0/00: | 53 | ||
| Youngest | 30 | ||
| Oldest | 78 | ||
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