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

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

So RDXC and CQWW are on the same level?  Apparently we can now draw 
definite conclusions by comparing one of the best "attended" with a 
contest that many people have never heard of.  Amazing.

Mike W0MU

On 4/1/2013 2:51 PM, Steve London wrote:
> Thanks for the data, Chris.
>
> In the 24 hour RDXC, 9% operate full time (>23 hours).
> In the 48 hour CQWW SSB (using KR2Q data), 11.9% operate 24 hours or 
> more.
>
> So, presented with a shorter contest, the percentage who choose to 
> operate full time is actually less than the percentage who operate 24 
> or more hours in a 48 hour contest.
>
> I fail to see how adding a 24 hour category to a 48 hour contest will 
> encourage more people to operate even 24 hours.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
> On 04/01/2013 01:19 PM, Christian Schneider wrote:
>> N2IC 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 ?
>> ------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> Hi Steve,
>> in four RDXCs 11 to 15 percent of the SOAB operated 20 to 24 hours 
>> with up
>> to 9 percent having 23:xx hours.
>> See http://www.dl8mbs.de/40984/45289.html
>> 73, Chris (DL8MBS)
>>
>>
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