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

[Stan Stockton]

It would be interesting to know whether there is some maximum number of hours (for single operators only) that would cause many of those who play around for 20-30 hours to go all in.  

How many don't give it a full effort because they can't go 46 but would make the attempt to go 40, for example?  I wouldn't recommend less than about 40 or 42 max but would think it might be a positive to have some required off time if the end result was more activity overall.  Looks like only 3% (less than 150 out of 5,000) operate even as many as 36 hours.

There are some who are passionate about the 48 hours but it can't be many.

Stan, K5GO


On Mar 25, 2013, at 2:53 PM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com> wrote:

> 
> Great info, Doug.
> 
> That's only the results from the people who submitted logs, right? I'd bet that the curve is skewed even more toward fewer hours for the people who did not submit a log, and I wonder how many of those would be more inclined to submit a log if categories existed for fewer hours.   I suspect quite a few.
> 
> 73,
> Dave   AB7E
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/25/2013 4:07 AM, kr2q at optimum.net wrote:
>> Toivo, ES2RR asked how many "iron men" there are.
>> 
>> Here are the "iron man" results from a recent CQWW SSB contest.
>> 
>> First column (left) is hours operated (2 hours groups).
>> 
>> The second column (middle) is number of entrants
>> 
>> The last column (right) is the percentage of those shown
>> (which is limited to SOAB entrants only, all power groups, assisted or not).
>> 
>> "0" in the first row means "too few QSOs over too many hours to calculate."
>> 
>> I don't know the algorithm used to calculate non-operating hours.
>> 
>> Hope the table below "lines up" OK
>> 
>> de Doug KR2Q
>> 
>> 
>> 0    22    0.4%
>> 2    540    11.0%
>> 4    664    13.5%
>> 6    689    14.0%
>> 8    527    10.7%
>> 10    460    9.4%
>> 12    388    7.9%
>> 14    296    6.0%
>> 16    233    4.7%
>> 18    223    4.5%
>> 20    132    2.7%
>> 22    157    3.2%
>> 24    107    2.2%
>> 26    88    1.8%
>> 28    80    1.6%
>> 30    76    1.5%
>> 32    53    1.1%
>> 34    35    0.7%
>> 36    30    0.6%
>> 38    28    0.6%
>> 40    28    0.6%
>> 42    19    0.4%
>> 44    22    0.4%
>> 46    12    0.2%
>> 48    8    0.2%
>>    4917    100.0%
>> 
>> ~50% operate for 8 hours less.
>> ~75% operate for < 15 hours.
>> ~90% operate for < 24 hours.
>> ~95% operate for < 30 hours.
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