[CQ-Contest] 24 Hour contest Survey

[Dale Putnam]

What survey?

Have a great day, 
 
 
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Dale - WC7S in Wy
 
 

 
> From: prickler.schneider at t-online.de
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 12:42:14 +0200
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 24 Hour contest Survey
> 
> N1UR wrote: Currently, I would say that based on the lackluster enthusiasm
> for people responding to the 24 hour survey, I think that there will be no
> meaningful change to the contesting experience based on adding this
> category.  A few dozen people responding out of 8000 logs submitted is going
> to be "in the noise" as far as the on the air experience goes. Sounds like a
> few very well intended and motivated people on the reflector without much of
> a mass following to me.
> -----------------------------------------
> 
> Maybe sinmply because the voting happens year after year by paddle&mike with
> 90 percent operating not longer than 24h?
> If customers behaved like that there would be no need for any survey. 
> 
> But everything is said for years now, nearly every figure published and the
> question is only whether organizers will represent the majority's operating
> habit with a seperate category or lump them categorywise together with the
> about 3 percent really operating fulltime, supposing the majority lacks
> competetive spirit and takes the contest as a mere activity weekend.
> 
> And be careful with arguing in the lines of "without much of a mass
> following" - how gives this justification for a 48h-category - filled in
> their basic meaning only by a small one digit percentage?
> 
> But all is said. 
> 73, Chris DL8MBS
> 
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