[CQ-Contest] SS Sundays

[Edward Sawyer]

N4ZR Said: "But... the stats don't lie. Look at these log counts for the
last few years (all I could get easily off the ARRL web site"

 

Its worse than that.  Lets look at Pete's statistics next to the ARRL DX
contest (W/VE logs submitted only):

 

             SS                                                  ARRL DX

Year Phone    CW                    Phone        CW

 

2012    1675    1290                    1869        1697

2011    1828 1404                       1812        1624

2010    1793    1469                    1691        1668

2009    2054 1555                       1490        1392

 

Same sunspots for both, same CW excuses, same age demographics.  You be the
judge.  The ones that love it, love it.  Many others don't.  And there are
few if any adding to the "love it" category and the ones who have "loved it"
are getting fewer in number (literally) or less able to get on for it each
year.

 

Seriously, if you want to "recruit newbies" to domestic contesting, pick
NAQP, its way more fun.  Alternatively, WPX is a great contest as it
includes "cool DX" and constant rate from "everyone works everyone" format.

 

73, Ed  N1UR

 

Never liked SS even when I lived in Texas and Michigan.  Apparently, I am
not the only one.