[CQ-Contest] How many hours do SOAB entrants actually operate?

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

I think that would be a worthwhile investigation / comparison.

But I think the real question about creating more / longer activity is 
to identify and reward the basic motivations. If a participant currently 
spends X amount of time in the contest, what would motivate them to 
spend X + 10% time in the same contest? It's almost a given that there 
are many factors, but what are the top 5 motivations in participating 
and submitting a log?

I have my own ideas, but what does this group think?

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN

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On 4/1/2013 1:23 PM, Steve London wrote:
> How about looking at the statistics for those major worldwide contests 
> that are already 24 hours long, such as the IARU HF, and Russian DX ? 
> What percentage of participants currently operate more than, say 22 
> hours ? I'm sure there is a reader of this list has access to that 
> data. Are the "24 hour category" folks walking their talk ?
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
> On 04/01/2013 11:29 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
>>
>> Ahh ... you mean that more people will do what they actually prefer to
>> do instead of what they might feel compelled to do. I didn't realize
>> that was a bad thing for a hobby. I think it's pretty funny that some
>> folks are against a 24 hour category precisely because they think it
>> might be popular enough to make a difference.
>>
>> But apparently you didn't bother to read the statistics in the original
>> posts from KR2Q. Fully 90% of all contesters who send in a log ALREADY
>> operate less than 24 hours and 75% operate less than 15 hours. I'd bet
>> that the numbers for those who don't bother to send in a log (but still
>> contribute to contest activity) are skewed even lower. I think it's
>> fully debatable whether or not a 24 hour category would encourage more
>> of the 10% who currently operate more than 24 hours to operate less than
>> it would encourage those 15% in the 15 to 24 hour group to operate more,
>> but personally I suspect it would be a wash.
>>
>> Besides, I don't think anyone advocating a 24 hour category expects to
>> garner a victory from having one. Hard core stations and elite operators
>> will always win over casual ops. A 24 hour category merely gives more
>> people a chance to compare themselves on a more equal footing.
>>
>> Dave AB7E
>>
>> p.s. In cycling, fewer riders in the longer races absolutely impinges on
>> the efforts of others. Drafting in a group is critical ... a solo rider
>> will expend as much as 30% more effort than a rider in the middle of a
>> group going the same speed.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/1/2013 7:21 AM, Richard F DiDonna NN3W wrote:
>>> Because in cycling, the efforts of one cyclist don't necessarily
>>> impinge on the efforts on others. By encouraging stations to operate
>>> only 24 hours, you will have an effect on how the bands load and the
>>> availability of stations during certain periods. I can guarantee you
>>> that if stations got to chose to chose a 24 hour operating period,
>>> most would chose to operate during daylight hours and would avoid
>>> marginal bands as you can't mess up in a 24 hour contest. Look at the
>>> scores from this past weekend's CQWPX contest - SOAB stations
>>> completely minimized their efforts on 80 and 160 because the ratio of
>>> time versus QSOs does not justify being up that late.
>>>
>>> I'll also stand in total agreement with other posters who note that
>>> creating a new "24 hour" category won't guarantee any victories for
>>> non-hard core stations. It will instead mean that certain hard core
>>> stations who don't want to do 48 hours, will instead do 24 hours and
>>> will knock off the competition.
>>>
>>> 73 Rich NN3W
>>
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