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Are you surprised by any of the results from the October 2007 survey?

A couple of things surprised me. The biggest surprise was the high number that felt there were not too many RTTY contests. Personally, I feel there are too many. I am glad to see there is concern about RTTY being operated below 7025 KHz. I was not surprised to see contests like the NA Sprints, CIS, UK DX Digital, Open Ukraine, and XE RTTY receive the most votes as ones that should be eliminated because I don't care to operate these contests either. It is suprising that only 34% of RTTY contesters do not feel SO2R should be a separate class than SO1R. In the February 2007 survey, only 11% said they were SO2R operators. So it's apparent that many SO1R operators don't feel SO2R should be separate.

73, Don AA5AU

2007-11-17 19:43:57 GMT

Comments (6 total)

Author:Anonymous

Don,

The numbers in your survey say that 66 % of operators would like to see SO1R and SO2R a different class?

Yet here, in your comment, you say it's only 34 percent? Are we missing something?

2007-11-17 21:28:50 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Thanks for pointing out the mistake. It's been corrected!
--AA5AU

2007-11-17 23:39:53 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Yes, I'm surprised that more people don't think there are too many RTTY contests. This point is further emphasized when looking at the contests to eliminate - no clear concensus.
--Jim Reisert AD1C
<http://www.ad1c.us>

2007-11-18 15:54:48 GMT

Author:Anonymous

General comment: Don, thanks so much for all you contribute to ham radio and too RTTY. My hat is off to you for the many aspects to which you contribute from education and training to forward thinking such as the survey...and congratulations on reaching 100,000 QSOs...Wow!
--Grant W4OJC
<mailto:gbright@bellsouth.net>

2007-11-18 18:36:09 GMT

Author:Anonymous

Don, would it be possible to know how many responded to each of the questions or was 99% of the responders complete in coverage of them? I ask because some questions (like SO2R vs SO1R) are of interested to a vocal set on each side and I suspect the general population doesn't care a bit. If I am a casual operator, why do I care?

--Neal - k3nc
<mailto:nealk3nc@gmail.com>

2007-11-29 17:42:24 GMT

Author:Anonymous

I think the contest sponsors need to look at the SO2R Question. In an election a 2 to 1 ratio would be considered a landslide or a mandate.

Unlike some others I enjoy the sprints it's a nice quick contest that fills an evening between the larger contests.

--N5ER
<mailto:jclark@brownjanitorsupply.com>

2008-03-17 18:31:51 GMT

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			Are you surprised by any of the results from the October 2007 survey? A couple of things surprised me. The biggest surprise was the high number that felt there were not too many RTTY contests. Personally, I feel there are too many. I am glad to see there is concern about RTTY being operated below 7025 KHz. I was not surprised to see contests like the NA Sprints, CIS, UK DX Digital, Open Ukraine, and XE RTTY receive the most votes as ones that should be eliminated because I don't care to operate these contests either. It is suprising that only 34% of RTTY contesters do not feel SO2R should be a separate class than SO1R. In the February 2007 survey, only 11% said they were SO2R operators. So it's apparent that many SO1R operators don't feel SO2R should be separate. 73, Don AA5AU 2007-11-17 19:43:57 GMT Comments (6 total) Author:Anonymous Don, The numbers in your survey say that 66 % of operators would like to see SO1R and SO2R a different class? Yet here, in your comment, you say it's only 34 percent? Are we missing something? 2007-11-17 21:28:50 GMT Author:Anonymous Thanks for pointing out the mistake. It's been corrected! --AA5AU 2007-11-17 23:39:53 GMT Author:Anonymous Yes, I'm surprised that more people don't think there are too many RTTY contests. This point is further emphasized when looking at the contests to eliminate - no clear concensus. --Jim Reisert AD1C <http://www.ad1c.us> 2007-11-18 15:54:48 GMT Author:Anonymous General comment: Don, thanks so much for all you contribute to ham radio and too RTTY. My hat is off to you for the many aspects to which you contribute from education and training to forward thinking such as the survey...and congratulations on reaching 100,000 QSOs...Wow! --Grant W4OJC <mailto:gbright@bellsouth.net> 2007-11-18 18:36:09 GMT Author:Anonymous Don, would it be possible to know how many responded to each of the questions or was 99% of the responders complete in coverage of them? I ask because some questions (like SO2R vs SO1R) are of interested to a vocal set on each side and I suspect the general population doesn't care a bit. If I am a casual operator, why do I care? --Neal - k3nc <mailto:nealk3nc@gmail.com> 2007-11-29 17:42:24 GMT Author:Anonymous I think the contest sponsors need to look at the SO2R Question. In an election a 2 to 1 ratio would be considered a landslide or a mandate. Unlike some others I enjoy the sprints it's a nice quick contest that fills an evening between the larger contests. --N5ER <mailto:jclark@brownjanitorsupply.com> 2008-03-17 18:31:51 GMT Compose a comment for this post. Comment: 0 characters left (limit 4,000 characters). No HTML permitted. Author (optional): Email address or URL (optional): Word verification: To validate this comment, showing us that you are human, and not a computer, please retype the following code in the field provided. (This helps prevent blog spam.) Site Home