UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum (https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/index.php)
-   Forum Announcements and Comments (https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=18)
-   -   Radio membership Topology (https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=149825)

Cobaltblue 17th Sep 2018 10:39 pm

Radio membership Topology
 
In another thread there was a comment about BVWS membership and the the BVWS being SE centric.

It seems that although the BVWS must know where members are there seems to be a reluctance to make that info public.

so I thought I would try find out where membership of this forum is.

Cheers

Mike T

paulsherwin 17th Sep 2018 11:06 pm

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
I had to choose SE because Oxfordshire is in the government SE standard region, but Oxford is actually in the South Midlands. The confusion dates back to 1974 when Oxfordshire (traditionally a Midlands county) acquired a big chunk of Berkshire (traditionally a SE county) and the bureaucrats decided it should become part of the SE.

Note that lots of forum members (probably a majority) aren't members of the BVWS. I'm not.

Herald1360 17th Sep 2018 11:39 pm

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
What happened to Wales?

I think of my location as West England (ten miles and I'd be in Wales) though it's normally referred to as West Midlands.

Dickie 18th Sep 2018 8:29 am

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobaltblue (Post 1076068)
It seems that although the BVWS must know where members are there seems to be a reluctance to make that info public.

That has occurred to me before now: I supect it has more to do with nobody having the time to analyse the data, rather than any ulterior motive.

Cobaltblue 18th Sep 2018 8:45 am

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
Ooops Chris is right Mods is it possible to add Wales to the options

Cheers

Mike T

Station X 18th Sep 2018 8:56 am

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
Wales added.

Do you need a poll? The membership list of these forums are freely accessible and gives members' locations if you click on their username.

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/memberlist.php

barrymagrec 18th Sep 2018 9:09 am

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
Yes but presumably there are a lot of forum members, like me for instance, who are not members of the BVWS.

Station X 18th Sep 2018 9:14 am

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
Yes, but the OP refers to "membership of this forum", not BVWS membership.

Andrewausfa 18th Sep 2018 9:21 am

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
East (Anglia) seems to be MIA. Anyway, that's where I and a few other people on here live.

Andrew

ajgriff 18th Sep 2018 10:36 am

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
About half way down this page there is basic heat map of UK population density:

http://worldpopulationreview.com/cou...om-population/

It is reasonable to assume that a survey of the 1800 or so active forum members would produce much the same result.

Alan

Cobaltblue 18th Sep 2018 11:00 am

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
You could be right Alan but I have a feeling based on active membership the the North will be over represented compared to population.

Of course Graham is right you could get an idea by going through the membership list but that would take a while if you were to differentiate for active membership.

Cheers

Mike T

ajgriff 18th Sep 2018 11:22 am

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
Now I understand why you forgot about Wales and East Anglia. :)

Seriously though Mike, what leads you to think that membership might be weighted in favour of the North?

Alan

ukcol 18th Sep 2018 11:26 am

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
I live in the East Midlands and so had to select Midlands as it was nearest. The Midlands is a high population area whereas the East Midlands is not which may make my response not very useful, it all depends on the purpose of this survey.

Refugee 18th Sep 2018 11:34 am

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
I am officially in the east midlands but further inland closer to Sheffield and moved from the south to cut accommodation costs.

julie_m 18th Sep 2018 2:39 pm

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
I'm another Midlander, having lived in Derby most of my life so far. I did my B.Eng at Aston University, then ended up having to return to Derby when a house in Birmingham that I was planning to move into fell through. And then my plans to become a New Age Traveller went the same way, when I got a proper job in an electronics factory .....

ThePillenwerfer 18th Sep 2018 4:24 pm

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ajgriff (Post 1076158)
Seriously though Mike, what leads you to think that membership might be weighted in favour of the North?

I suspect the same from looking at the location of Members on their posts. Of course it could simply be that we of the North Country are more vocal.

ajgriff 18th Sep 2018 4:37 pm

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
The thought had crossed my mind too. :)

Alan

Graham G3ZVT 18th Sep 2018 5:30 pm

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
last 25 New posts, today since 1256 (actually 24 as there was one duplicate poster

Chard, Somerset, UK.
Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, UK.
Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK.
Featherstone, West Yorkshire, UK.
Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire. UK.
Cornwall, UK.
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Colchester, Essex, UK.
Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK.
Wembley, Middlesex
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.
Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK.
Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK.
Middlewich, Cheshire, UK. & Winter in the Philippines.
Southport, Lancashire, UK.
Seaford, East Sussex, UK.
Oxford, UK
Ashby-de-la-Zouch (it's not by the sea)
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK.
Sydney, Australia
Preston, Lancashire, UK.
Herefordshire, UK.
Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.
Dukinfield, Cheshire, UK.

Disclaimer: I am not a statistician.

peter_scott 19th Sep 2018 10:45 am

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Cobaltblue (Post 1076068)
In another thread there was a comment about BVWS membership and the the BVWS being SE centric.

It seems that although the BVWS must know where members are there seems to be a reluctance to make that info public.

Every few years the BVWS publishes a booklet with the membership addresses and it wouldn't be too difficult to plot the density from that.

Peter

Ian - G4JQT 19th Sep 2018 1:33 pm

Re: Radio membership Topology
 
Could you add East Anglia, or at least eastern England?


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 6:34 am.

Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright ©2002 - 2023, Paul Stenning.