A question that I have is...what were R32K, R31X, R36O, R34D, R37P, R39A and
R39R doing differently that caused them to be infrequently picked up by a
skimmer ?
On the suggestion of my teammate, N6TV, our CQ was "TEST R39M R39M". All
characters were sent at the same speed - usually at 36 or 38 WPM. That seems to
have resulted in the 6th highest skimmer capture rate.
73,
Steve, N2IC
Pete Smith wrote:
> 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.
>
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