[VHFcontesting] Pack Rovers meet ARRL contest objectives

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 12:56:55PM -0700, Radiosporting Fan wrote:

> Alternatively... the "purest" contests are the ones
> that the ARRL said "no one operated", so they
> discontinued sponsorship of: Sprints.  They are
> single-band, leaving only one variable: grid.  They
> last only three hours, leaving little time to
> grid-circle so no one adopts that strategy. 
> Hmmmm...maybe that is why there is a recent resurgence
> in sprint-type events.

Since we've brought up the Sprints, here's how the log submissions 
have been for the past seven years:

	Jan VHF	Jun VHF	Sep VHF	ETDXA 6M ETDXA 2M
2004  	833	765	558	52	 53
2003 	798	817	520	60	 59
2002 	802	672	535	27	 ??
2001 	790	677	551	54	 72
2000 	820	723	583	43	 97
1999 	966	680	606	88	 174
1998 	1075	862	617	73	 129

The evidence suggests that (a) log submissions in the spring sprints 
have been gradually declining just like every other VHF+ contest,
and (b) the sprints all have at least an order of magnitude fewer
entrants than the "big three" VHF+ contests.


-- 
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
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