Having been fortunate enough to be a part of competitive multiops in SS for the
last 10 years, and having access to the logs, the received checks consistently
show a glut of checks in the 55-75 range, and hardly anything before or after.
Before 55 is fairly easy to explain-those checks in the 20's and 30's we used
to hear are now SK's. Everything after 75 points to a lot of things others
already mentioned here; those with technical inclinations in their hobbies
began to look elsewhere (namely computing) to have their fun.
I know the "received check analysis" is a bit hackneyed at this point (and
prone to error), but if we presume that everyone were being truthful (and I
think most are), then SS has a problem on its hands.
I also recall seeing in the NCJ archives, an article from NR5M from around 30
years ago, in which he plotted the checks in his SS log, saw a similar 55-75
glut, and asked "where are the new guys, and what do we do about this?". It's
interesting that we're asking the same question almost 3 decades later.
If checks were multipliers in SS, then my own (94) would guarantee me pileups
all weekend! Forget NNY or PR, just be new guy!
73, Ken N2ZN
---- Gary Sutcliffe <w9xt@unifiedmicro.com> wrote:
> The increase in the late 1950's coincides with Sputnik, IGY, the start
of the space age, and the cold war. People got interested in technology
partly because it was patriotic to do so and partly because there were
a lot of scientific advances that captured people's imagination.
The late 1970's and early 1980's where when the first personal computers
came out. People with interest in technology shifted towards computers.
73
Gary, W9XT (check 70)
On 4/8/2018 9:15 PM, Barry wrote:
> Almost looks like a Medicare card is an entry requirement.
>
> Barry W2UP (not eligible yet)
>
> On 4/8/2018 2:14 PM, Alan M. Eshleman wrote:
>> Correct! Those were the kids who, if teenagers today, would be
>> computer nerds. Check 56 for me...
>>
>> 73, Alan/K6SRZ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Poortinga" <ng9m@arrl.net>
>> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Sent: Saturday, April 7, 2018 7:29:50 AM
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL SS SSB
>>
>> This distribution appears to me to be evidence of The Baby Boomer
>> generation in the US. (Persons born between 1945 and 1965.)
>>
>> 73 de Bob NG9M
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 7, 2018, 9:27 AM Joe <nss@mwt.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Kind of looking at the log from last november antuicipating the results
>>> any day now. But something I noticed was interesting on the CK Numbers
>>> we worked. And how many,, Check this out.
>>>
>>> Sweepstakes Checks
>>> Check QSOs Pct
>>> ----------------------
>>> 00 9 1.6
>>> 01 2 0.4
>>> 02 6 1.1
>>> 03 4 0.7
>>> 04 3 0.5
>>> 05 2 0.4
>>> 06 2 0.4
>>> 07 3 0.5
>>> 08 4 0.7
>>> 09 3 0.5
>>> 10 2 0.4
>>> 11 3 0.5
>>> 12 4 0.7
>>> 13 7 1.2
>>> 14 5 0.9
>>> 15 8 1.4
>>> 16 9 1.6
>>> 17 6 1.1
>>> 18 0 0.0
>>> 19 0 0.0
>>> 20 0 0.0
>>> 21 0 0.0
>>> 22 0 0.0
>>> 23 0 0.0
>>> 24 1 0.2
>>> 25 0 0.0
>>> 26 0 0.0
>>> 27 0 0.0
>>> 28 0 0.0
>>> 29 0 0.0
>>> 30 1 0.2
>>> 31 2 0.4
>>> 32 1 0.2
>>> 33 1 0.2
>>> 34 0 0.0
>>> 35 0 0.0
>>> 36 0 0.0
>>> 37 0 0.0
>>> 38 0 0.0
>>> 39 0 0.0
>>> 40 1 0.2
>>> 41 0 0.0
>>> 42 0 0.0
>>> 43 0 0.0
>>> 44 0 0.0
>>> 45 0 0.0
>>> 46 0 0.0
>>> 47 2 0.4
>>> 48 3 0.5
>>> 49 1 0.2
>>> 50 0 0.0
>>> 51 1 0.2
>>> 52 6 1.1
>>> 53 4 0.7
>>> 54 7 1.2
>>> 55 7 1.2
>>> 56 6 1.1
>>> 57 9 1.6
>>> 58 8 1.4
>>> 59 20 3.5
>>> 60 16 2.8
>>> 61 19 3.4
>>> 62 20 3.5
>>> 63 19 3.4
>>> 64 12 2.1
>>> 65 13 2.3
>>> 66 12 2.1
>>> 67 16 2.8
>>> 68 12 2.1
>>> 69 17 3.0
>>> 70 13 2.3
>>> 71 11 1.9
>>> 72 10 1.8
>>> 73 13 2.3
>>> 74 9 1.6
>>> 75 11 1.9
>>> 76 24 4.2
>>> 77 16 2.8
>>> 78 9 1.6
>>> 79 11 1.9
>>> 80 4 0.7
>>> 81 5 0.9
>>> 82 3 0.5
>>> 83 8 1.4
>>> 84 4 0.7
>>> 85 4 0.7
>>> 86 6 1.1
>>> 87 7 1.2
>>> 88 2 0.4
>>> 89 11 1.9
>>> 90 7 1.2
>>> 91 15 2.7
>>> 92 7 1.2
>>> 93 6 1.1
>>> 94 4 0.7
>>> 95 5 0.9
>>> 96 8 1.4
>>> 97 4 0.7
>>> 98 5 0.9
>>> 99 5 0.9
>>>
>>> Everything is in the single digits till 1958/59 What happened then? WOW!
>>> and then in 1980 it fell apart again.
>>>
>>> what changed on those dates?
>>>
>>> Joe WB9SBD
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