K9YC wrote:
> Thanks for your offer, Mark. It could be a lot of work. The words I
chose are descriptive, not quantitative. They will be defined
quantitatively by work like you have volunteered to do!
Thanks Jim for such a gracious response.
We can split hair about the word "most" but these numbers below show a
definition of "most" can mean "less than half" which I think was why I
asked in the first place (since "most" is commonly thought of as "more
than half"). As far as measuring degree of turn-on, well, that is above
my pay-grade. How does the old quote go, "I know it when I see it."
Apparently so does Jim but we both measure it differently. Someone else
can tackle that one. As Ken AB1J posted, a survey could determine
attitudes.
In the interest of crowd-sourcing what could be an interesting
discussion amongst the enlightened here, I present some basic numbers
for last year's CQWW Phone contest (all gleaned from Dr. Google and her
World Wide Internet). The data is at the end of this email.
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Analysis:
1.87% of all hams on the West Coast got on for the contest.
2.92% of all hams on the East Coast got on for the contest.
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Definitions:
"All hams" means all hams who have a General, Advanced or Extra-class
license
"Got on for the contest" means their callsign appeared at least once in
a submitted log
"West Coast" means California, Oregon and Washington
"East Coast" means W1, W2 and W3
"Interest" means percentage of all hams who got on for the contest
"Greater interest" means the percentage is higher
For the purpose of this email, "hams" and "stations" and "callsigns" are
all interchangeable. No allowance was made for the number of operators
who may have been on the air using a particular callsign, nor for their
license class. (e.g. Multiop entries).
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Other interesting gleanings:
Based on the percentage of hams who got on for the contest:
Illinois showed greater interest than New York
Arizona showed greater interest than Georgia
The top five in order (by percentage) were NH, RI, DE, NJ followed by
MINNESOTA
Measured by actual number of stations on the air:
California had more hams on for the contest than any other state
Florida was #2
Texas was #3
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Interesting that more people in 5th-ranked Minnesota got on for the CQWW
than people in Connecticut, whether you measure it by percentage OR
number of operators. Conclusion: Hams in Minnesota are more easily
turned on than hams in Connecticut.
Data follows. If you want to sort the columns yourself click this link
to download this simple spreadsheet:
http://www.n5ot.com/CQWW/2020-CQWW-Interest-Analysis-Data.xlsx
73 - Mark N5OT
P.S. My work here is finished
Data for 2021 CQWW Phone
STATE NUMBER OF STATIONS THAT GOT ON FOR THE CONTEST NUMBER OF
GENERAL, ADVANCED AND EXTRA-CLASS LICENSEES PERCENTAGE OF GENERAL,
ADVANCED AND EXTRA-CLASS LICENSEES WHO GOT ON FOR THE CONTEST
AK 1 1567 0.06%
AL 116 6128 1.89%
AR 67 3790 1.77%
AZ 238 10100 2.36%
CA 758 42789 1.77%
CO 160 7408 2.16%
CT 129 4313 2.99%
DE 31 938 3.30%
FL 510 27702 1.84%
GA 204 8844 2.31%
IA 72 3888 1.85%
ID 55 2821 1.95%
IL 326 11904 2.74%
IN 168 8167 2.06%
KS 57 3841 1.48%
KY 96 4651 2.06%
LA 61 3699 1.65%
MA 229 7881 2.91%
MD 178 6080 2.93%
ME 66 2692 2.45%
MI 236 11640 2.03%
MN 183 6094 3.00%
MO 132 7418 1.78%
MS 51 2737 1.86%
MT 31 1750 1.77%
NC 267 11082 2.41%
ND 16 803 1.99%
NE 35 2266 1.54%
NH 105 2887 3.64%
NJ 267 8308 3.21%
NM 46 2971 1.55%
NV 62 3260 1.90%
NY 433 16165 2.68%
OH 332 15913 2.09%
OK 77 4755 1.62%
OR 163 7964 2.05%
PA 415 14019 2.96%
RI 43 1200 3.58%
SC 120 4909 2.44%
SD 19 1157 1.64%
TN 190 8931 2.13%
TX 457 24796 1.84%
UT 68 3608 1.88%
VA 285 9949 2.86%
VT 24 1153 2.08%
WA 271 13120 2.07%
WI 184 6200 2.97%
WV 66 2967 2.22%
WY 22 923 2.38%
Grand Total 8122 368148 2.21%
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