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Re: [VHFcontesting] Pack Rovers meet ARRL contest objectives

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Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Pack Rovers meet ARRL contest objectives
From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 21:10:49 -0700
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 12:56:55PM -0700, Radiosporting Fan wrote:

> Alternatively... the "purest" contests are the ones
> that the ARRL said "no one operated", so they
> discontinued sponsorship of: Sprints.  They are
> single-band, leaving only one variable: grid.  They
> last only three hours, leaving little time to
> grid-circle so no one adopts that strategy. 
> Hmmmm...maybe that is why there is a recent resurgence
> in sprint-type events.

Since we've brought up the Sprints, here's how the log submissions 
have been for the past seven years:

        Jan VHF Jun VHF Sep VHF ETDXA 6M ETDXA 2M
2004    833     765     558     52       53
2003    798     817     520     60       59
2002    802     672     535     27       ??
2001    790     677     551     54       72
2000    820     723     583     43       97
1999    966     680     606     88       174
1998    1075    862     617     73       129

The evidence suggests that (a) log submissions in the spring sprints 
have been gradually declining just like every other VHF+ contest,
and (b) the sprints all have at least an order of magnitude fewer
entrants than the "big three" VHF+ contests.


-- 
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker@kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/

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