[CQ-Contest] Contesting Popularity

[Leigh S. Jones]

As a contested and observer of the bands, I'd like to point up that while contest participation and scores have increased over the past decades, operation on HF between contests seems to be trending downward.

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> On Dec 21, 2015, at 6:22 AM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:
> 
> Just kind of a survey folk,,,
> 
> Contesting in general.
> 
> Is it MORE, or LESS  Popular than it used to be.
> 
> I mean the level of activity, People operating whether they send in a log or not. In other words People just making Contacts for what ever reason they have.
> 
> And then actual Contesters that send in entries, This should be able to be determined by the results.
> 
> But the question is.
> 
> The level of participation both Contesters, and people just making contacts, the level of activity now, vs say in the 90's or even 70's or even 60's
> 
> How is the level now compared to back then?
> 
> Joe WB9SBD
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