[CQ-Contest] Stimulating Participation was: LimitedAntenna HeightCategory

[kd4d at comcast.net]

Hello Warren, Hans, and all:

Don't some of the contests report number of callsigns in the
submitted logs?  That might be a better metric and it is
measurable.  If the only participants were those who submitted
logs, it would have been a VERY, VERY boring weekend!  I think
I agree with Hans...submitted logs isn't necessarily the goal
we need to aim for. Getting more stations on the air during
the contest is.  Let's figure out how to measure that.

73,

Mark, KD4D


> Hans wrote:
> 
> > "As measured by log submissions" isn't really material --- getting more
> signals on the air should be the focus.  "More logs" is an incidental
> by-product.
> 
> I've got to disagree with Hans on this one. The only measurable metric on
> activity is how many logs are submitted. Anything else ("...gee, there were
> a lot of signals on the bands...") is heresay, unmeasurable, and not
> quantifiable.
> 
> We need solutions which can prove quantifiable results, and a plan which
> will produce those results. Otherwise, there's no real point to sponsoship
> at all, considering the data the ARRL has showing us to be a tiny minority
> of the ham population at large.
> 
> Arguments such as we spend more on our stations, have greater equity and
> interest in the hobby, are advancing the state of the art, etc, have no
> pursuasive value without concrete, verifiable statistics to back them up.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Warren, NF1J/6
> 
> 
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