Nate - I think that the 59 rovers you quote is just for the classic
rover category. When I add in the limited rovers and the unlimited
rovers, I get 91, or about 9.4% of the June contest participants and
only 7 down from last year. So the category is strong. What I am
interested in knowing is if rovers turn in logs at a rate higher than
the other participants in the contest, or at the same rate. Someone
who provides log checking information should be able to provide this
information. The percentage that turn in logs overall is very low, 25%
or 30%. - Duffey
On Aug 1, 2008, at 3:31 AM, Nate Duehr wrote:
>
> On Jul 30, 2008, at 11:25 AM, Les Rayburn wrote:
>
>> At one point, she asked an obvious question. "Didn't you tell me
>> that there were only a couple of guys around here who roved at
>> all?" Why do you care?
>
>
>
> Your wife's thought got me to playing with numbers...
>
>
> U.S. Population (July 2007): 301,139,947
>
> Licensed Hams in the U.S.: 722,330 (2007)
> Licensed Pilots in the U.S.: 597,109 (end of 2006 - includes
> students, recreational, sport, private, commercial and airline
> transport pilots).
>
> Hams comprise 0.24% of the U.S. population.
> Pilots comprise 0.20% of the U.S. population.
>
> (Just for an interesting comparison.)
>
>
> ARRL Members: 154,000 (best number found on their website).
> 21.32% of licensed hams are ARRL members.
>
>
> June ARRL VHF Contest: 967 logs submitted.
>
> 1.95922196931e-05 % of the U.S. Population
> 0.14 % of licensed hams in the U.S.
> 0.63 % of the ARRL membership.
> 100% of the log-submitting contest participants.
>
> Roughly 20 people in every State participated seriously enough in
> the June VHF contest to submit a log.*
>
>
> June ARRL VHF Contest Rovers: 59
>
> 1.99242912133e-05 % of the U.S. Population
> 8.16801185054e-03 % of the licensed hams in the U.S.
> 3.83116883117e-02 % of the ARRL membership.
> 6.10% of the log-submitting contest participants were rovers.
>
> Roughly 2 people in every State* are rovers that participate
> seriously enough in the June VHF contest to submit a log* (If you
> round up by quite a bit this year. The real number is approximately
> 1.2 people per State. We were closer to 2 per State last year, but
> still below.)
>
>
> American Heritage Dictionary -
> en·dan·gered species (ěn-dān'jərd)
> n. A species present in such small numbers that it is at risk of
> extinction.
>
>
>
> * Yes, I'm aware the contest isn't just the U.S. -- it's easier to
> do the numbers this way, and if you count the Canadian and Mexican
> hams into the overall totals just to add in North America, and
> forget the Caribbean, Europe, whoever else folks might work -- these
> numbers look even smaller.
>
> --
> Nate Duehr, WY0X
> nate@natetech.com
>
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James Duffey
Cedar Crest NM
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