Ham population stats

So far: 23 respondents to my "Who's a Ham" question; not counting the several commercial licensees among us. Off Topic: I am hoping that the recent US FCC relaxing of the license requirements will breathe a little New Life into the bands in this country... the average age of the Ham population is now in the late 50s or something. There was a time when our communication system in this country, and especially emergency communication, was augmented positively by Hams... but there was a time when computers were as big as the ones in my living room... times have changed. To all who grouse about having had to learn 13WPM (Im a General Class) or 20 WPM (for Extra Class) I say this: It's only a hobby, and a great, though dying one... I welcome all the new hams to come... 5WPM will still be a good "sincerity" filter, and c'mon, people.... it's only *one* character every *two* freakin seconds!! [you do the math: 5 WPM, 5 letters/word avg... 25 char in 60 secs avg] On Topic: I want to use the PDP 11/44 to talk to my (vintage) AEA PK232 Multi-Mode terminal node controller... but even more I want to lash up an RTTY program for the PDP, to send and recieve Baudot in real time. This is in addition to the vintage 60's RTTY station I am assembling... just looking for a good Transmitter. Major components are Model 19, Collins R-388 (51-J) [serial number 235..!] and Irv Hoff TU made homebrew from 60s QST articles. And now back to your originally scheduled Classic Computer Collector's List already in progress.. Cheers John