The sunspot cycle may have a little to do with it. I noticed some of the
higher check/years roughly correspond to sunspot cycle peaks.
Chuck W5PR
On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 2:08 PM, <n2zn@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> Having been fortunate enough to be a part of competitive multiops in SS
> for the last 10 years, and having access to the logs, the received checks
> consistently show a glut of checks in the 55-75 range, and hardly anything
> before or after. Before 55 is fairly easy to explain-those checks in the
> 20's and 30's we used to hear are now SK's. Everything after 75 points to
> a lot of things others already mentioned here; those with technical
> inclinations in their hobbies began to look elsewhere (namely computing) to
> have their fun.
>
> I know the "received check analysis" is a bit hackneyed at this point (and
> prone to error), but if we presume that everyone were being truthful (and I
> think most are), then SS has a problem on its hands.
>
> I also recall seeing in the NCJ archives, an article from NR5M from around
> 30 years ago, in which he plotted the checks in his SS log, saw a similar
> 55-75 glut, and asked "where are the new guys, and what do we do about
> this?". It's interesting that we're asking the same question almost 3
> decades later.
>
> If checks were multipliers in SS, then my own (94) would guarantee me
> pileups all weekend! Forget NNY or PR, just be new guy!
>
> 73, Ken N2ZN
>
>
>
>
>
> ---- Gary Sutcliffe <w9xt@unifiedmicro.com> wrote:
> > The increase in the late 1950's coincides with Sputnik, IGY, the start
> of the space age, and the cold war. People got interested in technology
> partly because it was patriotic to do so and partly because there were
> a lot of scientific advances that captured people's imagination.
>
> The late 1970's and early 1980's where when the first personal computers
> came out. People with interest in technology shifted towards computers.
>
> 73
> Gary, W9XT (check 70)
>
>
> On 4/8/2018 9:15 PM, Barry wrote:
> > Almost looks like a Medicare card is an entry requirement.
> >
> > Barry W2UP (not eligible yet)
> >
> > On 4/8/2018 2:14 PM, Alan M. Eshleman wrote:
> >> Correct! Those were the kids who, if teenagers today, would be
> >> computer nerds. Check 56 for me...
> >>
> >> 73, Alan/K6SRZ
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Bob Poortinga" <ng9m@arrl.net>
> >> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
> >> Sent: Saturday, April 7, 2018 7:29:50 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL SS SSB
> >>
> >> This distribution appears to me to be evidence of The Baby Boomer
> >> generation in the US. (Persons born between 1945 and 1965.)
> >>
> >> 73 de Bob NG9M
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Apr 7, 2018, 9:27 AM Joe <nss@mwt.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Kind of looking at the log from last november antuicipating the results
> >>> any day now. But something I noticed was interesting on the CK Numbers
> >>> we worked. And how many,, Check this out.
> >>>
> >>> Sweepstakes Checks
> >>> Check QSOs Pct
> >>> ----------------------
> >>> 00 9 1.6
> >>> 01 2 0.4
> >>> 02 6 1.1
> >>> 03 4 0.7
> >>> 04 3 0.5
> >>> 05 2 0.4
> >>> 06 2 0.4
> >>> 07 3 0.5
> >>> 08 4 0.7
> >>> 09 3 0.5
> >>> 10 2 0.4
> >>> 11 3 0.5
> >>> 12 4 0.7
> >>> 13 7 1.2
> >>> 14 5 0.9
> >>> 15 8 1.4
> >>> 16 9 1.6
> >>> 17 6 1.1
> >>> 18 0 0.0
> >>> 19 0 0.0
> >>> 20 0 0.0
> >>> 21 0 0.0
> >>> 22 0 0.0
> >>> 23 0 0.0
> >>> 24 1 0.2
> >>> 25 0 0.0
> >>> 26 0 0.0
> >>> 27 0 0.0
> >>> 28 0 0.0
> >>> 29 0 0.0
> >>> 30 1 0.2
> >>> 31 2 0.4
> >>> 32 1 0.2
> >>> 33 1 0.2
> >>> 34 0 0.0
> >>> 35 0 0.0
> >>> 36 0 0.0
> >>> 37 0 0.0
> >>> 38 0 0.0
> >>> 39 0 0.0
> >>> 40 1 0.2
> >>> 41 0 0.0
> >>> 42 0 0.0
> >>> 43 0 0.0
> >>> 44 0 0.0
> >>> 45 0 0.0
> >>> 46 0 0.0
> >>> 47 2 0.4
> >>> 48 3 0.5
> >>> 49 1 0.2
> >>> 50 0 0.0
> >>> 51 1 0.2
> >>> 52 6 1.1
> >>> 53 4 0.7
> >>> 54 7 1.2
> >>> 55 7 1.2
> >>> 56 6 1.1
> >>> 57 9 1.6
> >>> 58 8 1.4
> >>> 59 20 3.5
> >>> 60 16 2.8
> >>> 61 19 3.4
> >>> 62 20 3.5
> >>> 63 19 3.4
> >>> 64 12 2.1
> >>> 65 13 2.3
> >>> 66 12 2.1
> >>> 67 16 2.8
> >>> 68 12 2.1
> >>> 69 17 3.0
> >>> 70 13 2.3
> >>> 71 11 1.9
> >>> 72 10 1.8
> >>> 73 13 2.3
> >>> 74 9 1.6
> >>> 75 11 1.9
> >>> 76 24 4.2
> >>> 77 16 2.8
> >>> 78 9 1.6
> >>> 79 11 1.9
> >>> 80 4 0.7
> >>> 81 5 0.9
> >>> 82 3 0.5
> >>> 83 8 1.4
> >>> 84 4 0.7
> >>> 85 4 0.7
> >>> 86 6 1.1
> >>> 87 7 1.2
> >>> 88 2 0.4
> >>> 89 11 1.9
> >>> 90 7 1.2
> >>> 91 15 2.7
> >>> 92 7 1.2
> >>> 93 6 1.1
> >>> 94 4 0.7
> >>> 95 5 0.9
> >>> 96 8 1.4
> >>> 97 4 0.7
> >>> 98 5 0.9
> >>> 99 5 0.9
> >>>
> >>> Everything is in the single digits till 1958/59 What happened then?
> WOW!
> >>> and then in 1980 it fell apart again.
> >>>
> >>> what changed on those dates?
> >>>
> >>> Joe WB9SBD
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