What survey?
Have a great day,
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Dale - WC7S in Wy
> From: prickler.schneider@t-online.de
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 12:42:14 +0200
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 24 Hour contest Survey
>
> N1UR wrote: Currently, I would say that based on the lackluster enthusiasm
> for people responding to the 24 hour survey, I think that there will be no
> meaningful change to the contesting experience based on adding this
> category. A few dozen people responding out of 8000 logs submitted is going
> to be "in the noise" as far as the on the air experience goes. Sounds like a
> few very well intended and motivated people on the reflector without much of
> a mass following to me.
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Maybe sinmply because the voting happens year after year by paddle&mike with
> 90 percent operating not longer than 24h?
> If customers behaved like that there would be no need for any survey.
>
> But everything is said for years now, nearly every figure published and the
> question is only whether organizers will represent the majority's operating
> habit with a seperate category or lump them categorywise together with the
> about 3 percent really operating fulltime, supposing the majority lacks
> competetive spirit and takes the contest as a mere activity weekend.
>
> And be careful with arguing in the lines of "without much of a mass
> following" - how gives this justification for a 48h-category - filled in
> their basic meaning only by a small one digit percentage?
>
> But all is said.
> 73, Chris DL8MBS
>
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