[CQ-Contest] ARRL Membership/QST Readership Survey

[Stephen M. Murphy]

Who's collecting the stats?

Born :1962
Licensed: 18 Years.
Employment: Technical-Communications.
Average $$/Year on hobby: Probably $1500-2K on average. Don't tell the wife.
Time spent on hobby/week (average) 15-20 hours
Operating preferences: CW (80%) VHF/UHF FM (10%) Digital (8%) SSB (2%)
Computer in shack?: Yes. Broadband internet: Yes.
Would like to see more of in QST: Contest reporting: Bring back the full
results!
Would like to see less of in QST: Articles explaining things that you were
supposed to know in order to pass your first license exam.
Turn ons: Extended 100+ QPH runs, stacked yagis.
Turn offs: Nets and pig farmers.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry " <w2up at mindspring.com>
To: "Jim Idelson" <k1ir at designet.com>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Membership/QST Readership Survey


> My guess about contesters:
> Born in 1954
> Licensed for 35 years
> Spending $1000  (average, but I bet there's a very wide variation)
> Barry W2UP
>
> On 11 May 2004 Jim Idelson wrote:
>
> > See June QST pages 45-47. Take a look at the statistics about "Joe
> > Hamm". I'm sorry, but it gets me depressed when I think about it. Born
> > in 1945, licensed for 25 years, retired, spending less than $800 a
> > year on the hobby . . . ugh.
> >
> > Can we run the same stats on the contesting population? I hope the
> > numbers will be more uplifting.
> >
> > Jim Idelson K1IR
> > email    k1ir at designet.com
> > web    http://www.designet.com/k1ir
> >
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> Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up at mindspring.com
> Newtown, PA                     Frankford Radio Club
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