I was wondering what the average operating time in the CQ WW 2013 CW and
SSB contests were for single operators. But although the operating hours
were listed in the results database you could not sort on it.
Therefore I dropped the Single Operator All Band and Single Op All Band
Assisted HP/LP/QRP results into a spreadsheet to figure it out. I left
out the single band entrants as I felt it would distort the figures
since many would have to stop when the propagation did.
So in case anyone else is interested (I hope this renders ok)...
Average hours
Single Op Single Op(A) Overall
CW 17.4 18.1 17.8
SSB 14.7 13.8 14.2
Also 73% of operators operated for less than 24 hours in the CW contest
with 79% doing so in the SSB contest. I did a break down on 6 hourly
intervals:
CW 2013
Hours SO SO(A) Overall
42-48 2.8% 3.2% 3.0%
36-41.9 4.0% 6.3% 5.0%
30-35.9 6.1% 8.2% 7.0%
24-29.9 11.5% 12.3% 11.8%
18-23.9 17.7% 16.8% 17.3%
12-17.9 20.2% 19.9% 20.1%
6-11.9 23.4% 20.0% 21.9%
0-5.9 14.3% 13.2% 13.8%
SSB 2013
Hours SO SO(A) Overall
42-48 1.6% 2.0% 1.7%
36-41.9 2.4% 4.6% 3.2%
30-35.9 4.9% 6.8% 5.5%
24-29.9 9.3% 10.6% 9.8%
18-23.9 15.2% 15.0% 15.1%
12-17.9 19.7% 19.7% 19.7%
6-11.9 25.7% 23.4% 24.9%
0-5.9 21.2% 18.0% 20.0%
Interestingly there seemed to be no material difference in time operated
in each category between single ops and single ops assisted in both
contests. It also seems there were a lot more very casual operators in
the SSB contest i.e. 0-6 hours which is probably not surprising as not
everyone is a confident CW op.
Also it is pretty obvious without the casual operators the hard core
would get bored pretty quickly!
73
Mark ZL3AB
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Member ZL3X The Quake Contesters
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