QST QuickStats

[Steve - K4HX]

Good point. Lots of whiners and complainers out there.

[WQ9E]

Since the ARRL "knows" what is best for the hobby there is no real need to scientifically survey the membership and be bothered with input.  Just smile and remember that we are just uneducated children and big wise daddy knows what is best for us.  Our little minds just cannot comprehend the truths so evident to the anointed ones in Newington.

On the other hand, most companies conducting market research are at least as interested in  non-purchasers (i.e. potential customers) as they are in current customers.  But if you are really conceited then you don't listen to either group.

Now I am going to load my old QST on CD-ROM and  pretend it is 1947 for the next few hours.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

One of the surveys I remember the ARRL did, was this one back in 2001 with 4744 respondents : NOVICE SPECTRUM SURVEY DRAWS HEAVY RESPONSE, see ARRL Letter July 2001: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter%3Fissue%3D2001-07-20

Of course, if one is interested in the number of varied surveys the ARRL has done over the years (excluding the QuickStat stuff), you only need to go to the ARRL web site and put the word "survey" in the Website Search Field.