[CQ-Contest] AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CQ CONTEST COMMITTEE

[Alfred Frugoli]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Jim Neiger <n6tj at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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> (3) Of course, major crutches like packet and skimmers will make all past
> records null and void.  Single Operator - Assisted multiplier totals will
> soon rival those of the Multi-multi submittals.


Really?

>From the records section at http://www.cqww.com/ with some additional math
added by me:

World SO 25,646,796 10,253 176 692 World SOA 14,979,055 8,114 137 500 %
Difference -42% -21% -22% -28% OC SO 11,894,730 7,473 170 392 OC SOA
7,619,776 5,156 151 385 % Difference -36% -31% -11% -2% Asia SO 15,272,745
7,204 173 622 Asia SOA 10,995,416 5,617 155 557 % Difference -28% -22% -10%
-10% EU SO 11,043,872 7,768 141 517 EU SOA 9,063,492 5,118 164 640 %
Difference -18% -34% 16% 24% AF SO 25,646,796 10,253 176 692 AF SOA
11,567,412 5,845 152 586 % Difference -55% -43% -14% -15% NA SO 16,250,784
9,254 158 568 NA SOA 11,080,260 5,029 178 674 % Difference -32% -46% 13% 19%
SA SO 18,607,050 8,638 175 595 SA SOA 14,979,055 8,114 137 500 % Difference
-19% -6% -22% -16%

Seems like the numbers show that for the most part you're going to work the
most mults by working the most q's, which you don't do when you're hunting
down mults on packet.  And even if you do work more mults by using packet,
you won't work as many q's as the unassisted guy.

If the formatting here makes this unreadable, I've posted the stats to my
blog as well at http://wp.me/pdJH2-1v.

73 de Al, KE1FO

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