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

[Barry]

I only did (almost) full-time when cndx were good and I was in the mood 
to try to win the category.  If the contest was 36h, I surely would have 
put more full-time efforts into it.
Barry W2UP

On 3/26/2013 06:00, Stan Stockton wrote:
> 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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