Did all the skimmers report spots all the time and did they monitor all bands?
If the answer is no, then we can't really tell much from the data. Since all
participants used identical equipment and therefore can be assumed to arrive at
the same SNR level at the RX end, we can only conclude that different teams
allocated their time differently CQing vs S&Ping.
Rudy N2WQ
--- On Mon, 7/19/10, Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com> wrote:
From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Spots and Success in the WRTC - a little data for
discussion
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, July 19, 2010, 6:44 AM
The following table lists the contestants in WRTC by finish order and
callsign, and then shows the number of spots recorded in the Reverse
Beacon Network database. Reverse beacons don't cheerlead or select
which stations to spot. You can draw your own conclusions. Perhaps
there is a statistician among us who can derive further enlightenment by
analyzing these numbers, together with others released by the organizers.
Call Place Spots
R32F 1 182
R33A 2 109
R33M 3 316
R39D 4 172
R34P 5 156
R32K 6 0
R32R 7 106
R31X 8 21
R37M 9 189
R36C 10 166
R33L 11 132
R38F 12 232
R33G 13 163
R31U 14 62
R34O 15 122
R36Y 16 59
R34W 17 197
R39M 18 222
R32C 19 115
R37L 20 139
R37Q 21 247
R34C 22 184
R36O 23 17
R38O 24 116
R31A 25 302
R36F 26 41
R38K 27 187
R38X 28 79
R31D 29 111
R34D 30 14
R32Z 31 252
R32O 32 111
R37A 33 184
R32W 34 142
R31N 35 140
R36Z 36 100
R38N 37 50
R36K 38 91
R38W 39 79
R37P 40 10
R39A 41 25
R37U 42 191
R34X 43 76
R39R 44 12
R34Z 45 133
R33U 46 96
R36W 47 152
R33Q 48 85
When I first saw this, I questioned how it was possible that a station
could finish sixth and yet not be spotted even once, but the scientist
on our team tells me it is not only possible, but statistically likely.
In any case, that's what the database says.
--
73, Pete N4ZR
The World Contest Station Database, updated daily atwww.conteststations.com
The Reverse Beacon Network athttp://reversebeacon.net, blog at
reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000
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