Gene presented, I don't doubt there has been a decline in participation." First - good comments by Tom, KE6FI/r. Gene's article is interesting and thought provoking. The decline in logs submitted ki
Because there is no reason to. If they are just there for the DX, they got their QSO and maybe the QSL. Some people send in logs for every contest they operate. I think many people don't, unless they
I think there are several things going on with VHF log submissions. I think poor propagation tends to reduce log submissions by the causal guy - who might only make a handful of contacts during poor
- K5TR Interesting observation and graphs. I think George is on to something. Some experts believe high solar activity diminishes mid-latitude Es propagation. Thus, the best "years" for Es may be du
There is a completely separate factor (no doubt one of many) behind this. During high sunspot years, VHF contests may indeed seem painfully slow compared to running 100+ hours on 10 meters during a m
I'll amend this to say Es can and do occur during the Sept. VHF QSO Party and the Jan. VHF Sweepstakes. The 2003 Jan. VHF SS had a nice Es opening Sunday afternoon. Es are not common in these contes
I was not attempting to make a link bettween Es and high or low SSN. I was linking the fact that people like myself are more likely to operate the VHF contests during low sun spot years as opposed to
A very interesting set of numbers George. But I think we are talking apples and oranges. No one denies that prior to the mid 1990's the trendline was up. And even if there were a significant drop dur
That might be true - in my quick glance at the numbers it would apper that the biggest gains were in the 1992-1995 time period for all three contests. I wonder why? But I wonder what would happen if