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

[Steve London]

Mike, what is amazing is that 3455 logs have been received for the 2013 
RDXC, held just a few weeks ago. If you haven't heard of it, you have 
been following in the footsteps of Rip Van Winkle.

73,
Steve, N2IC

On 04/01/2013 09:39 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> 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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