The people left on the airwaves are not all atleast 60 years old. I know alot of people that are under 60 and still quite active. There are activities that don't just involve sitting at a radio. You can participate in multiple transmitter hunting (fast paced, olympic style fox hunting). You have to use your navigation skills to make your way through a course that has hidden transmitters. You can also make contacts via satellites, put radio's in model cars and planes. There is also the ability to transmit images via TV as well. So, as you can see there are alot of things that can and have been attracting people much younger than 60 years old. If you tune around the bands or even check out arrl.org, you will see that there are other people that are much younger than 60 years old on the air.
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The people left on the airwaves are not all atleast 60 years old. I know alot of people that are under 60 and still quite active. There are activities that don't just involve sitting at a radio. You can participate in multiple transmitter hunting (fast paced, olympic style fox hunting). You have to use your navigation skills to make your way through a course that has hidden transmitters. You can also make contacts via satellites, put radio's in model cars and planes. There is also the ability to transmit images via TV as well. So, as you can see there are alot of things that can and have been attracting people much younger than 60 years old. If you tune around the bands or even check out arrl.org, you will see that there are other people that are much younger than 60 years old on the air.