[CQ-Contest] Comments on Proposed Changes to ARRL DX

[K6VAR]

Quick estimate: East Coast participation vs. West Coast participation
2010 ARRL DX CW contest

Compare submitted logs vs. total number of licensed Extras and Generals

CALL AREA 1,2 and 3
Total Extras and Generals: 51,248	
Total submitted logs: 450
Participation rate = 1 per 114

CALL AREA 6 and 7
Total Extras and Generals: 68,260	
Total submitted logs: 306
Participation rate = 1 per 223

East coast submitted 47% more logs than the west coast.
West coast participation rate per "capita" is 50% less than the east coast.

Call area 5 participated less than both of the coasts, with 111 logs
per 33,492 hams (E, G).
Participation rate = 1 per 302.

73 Jim K6VAR



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From: 	"Dick Green WC1M" <wc1m73 at gmail.com>
Date: 	Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:11:20 -0400
-----Original Message-----
From: Bud Trench [mailto:aa3b.bud at gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 1:31 PM
To: 'Dick Green WC1M'

Subject: Comments on Proposed Changes to ARRL DX

I believe these changes are stimulated by a desire to increase participation
in ARRL DX.  ...  I suspect that the perception is that the current
rules discourage participation from parts of
the US; however, I have never seen any data that supports this perception.