Dustin, N8RMA, writes:
First and foremost, I hope everyone is staying healthy out there. I was originally hoping to release this survey mid-March, but due to the pandemic response I was forced to change this up. I trust many others have had to make similar adjustments, so I hope folks understand.
That said, the time has come for the survey to be released! I wanted to ensure I could devote the proper amount of time to promoting and administering the survey before I released it. Things have calmed down a bit in my world and I’m ready to do that.
If you have not had a chance to see the results from previous surveys, they are available here:
The survey this year is 100% anonymous (which was a common request) and any demographic questions are optional. This data does help me do a more thorough analysis, but is completely optional.
The survey will run from 15-MAY to 12-JUN, so 4 weeks. If there is low attendance due to world events, I may consider extending this.
As always, please subscribe to my blog for email alerts on future survey and result activities.
Ann says
I began but didn’t complete this. It only allows me to pick one race. It doesn’t allow me to pick zero as the number of contacts. As I understand it this is a contesting term and I don’t really do that. Overall there is a strong emphasis on contesting which I know is a big element of the hobby but not something I really do.
Howard AE0Z says
Contact is anybody you reach via radio. It doesn’t have to be a contest. I don’t do them either, but I make contacts regularly on DMR, repeaters and POTA activations.