Just out of curiosity, with a few moments to spare, I decided to calculate Skeeter Hunt participation. and produce some statistics. I don't have the complete data of number of signups for 2012 and 2013 - only the number of log submissions received. I'm not a math whiz, but this is how I figured that it has panned out:
2012 - 50 Log Submissions received.
2013 - 71 Log Submissions received
2014 - 163 signups, 63 Log Submissions received - 39% participation rate.
2015 - 167 signups, 62 Log Submissions received - 37% participation rate
2016 - 180 signups, 80 Log Submissions received - 44% participation rate
2017 - 152 signups, 52 Log Submissions received - 34% participation rate
2018 - 182 signups, 87 Log Submissions received - 47% participation rate
2019 - 213 signups, 104 Log Submissions received - 48% participation rate
2020 - 330 signups, 143 Log Submissions received - 42% participation rate
2021 - 256 signups, 125 Log Submissions received - 48% participation rate
2022 - 231 signups, 100 Log Submissions received - 43% participation rate.
2020 had a record number of signups (330) as well as the record number of Log Submissions received (143). That, of course, was COVID year and the FOBB was cancelled that year, and I think people were itching to do something, anything that resembled semi-normal that year. 2019 and 2021 hold the record for a 48% participation rate. All these percentages are approximations as there may have been people who participated, but did not send me log summaries. Right now participation is hovering around the mid 40s% range, which I guess isn't terrible for an event like this.
I know that participation depends a lot on things like outdoor weather conditions and the like. Lets hope that for 2023 everyone experiences spectacular weather on August 27th this year, and that no one wakes up to a "surprise" that will prevent them from joining us in having some fun! That's happened to me once or twice and it's a disappointment when something breaks or stops working around the house that has to be cared for immediately and otherwise makes a mockery out of your intended plans.
In other news, we've been in the news! We got a mention in the ARRL Letter for July 27th:
And thanks to Noah, KC1NWN a first time participant in the Hunt, I found out that we got a mention on the latest "This Week In Amateur Radio" podcast. That's how he found out about us. I guess the Skeeter Hunt is becoming "discovered" and that's a good thing. Anything to boost participation! (Within reason that is, I am NOT dressing up as a mosquito and/or making social media videos!)
72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!
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