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Subject: [CQ-Contest] WPX then and now
From: DougKR2Q@aol.com (DougKR2Q@aol.com)
Date: Sat Apr 10 14:30:36 1999
Hi all:

I don't know exactly how meaningful this is, but I compared my "winning" 1992 
wpx ssb effort with my 1999 effort.  Both are for SOAB QRP.  Here is what I 
found.

1.      QSO's then:     916
        QSO's now:      1137

2.      PX then:                557
        PX now:         557 (cool, huh?)

3.      Score then:     1.2 meg
        Score now:      1.8 meg

4.      USA PX then:    138     24.7%
        USA PX now:     114     20.5%

5.      USA QSO then:   143     15.4%
        USA QSO now:    164     14.4%

6.      QSO Breakdowns by band:
        160     then:   0       
        160     now:    7       
        
        80              then:   30      
        80              now:    47

        40              then:   11      (160 dipole fed with ladder line: 24 
pts)
        40              now:    86      (2 ele yagi @ 72 feet: 486 pts)

        20              then:   270
        20              now:    268

        15              then:   413
        15              now:    419

        10              then:   202
        10              now:    310

Looking at the logs, it is clear that USA "vanity" calls have reduced the 
"two by one" PX's available/active.  Did more guys stay away because they 
didn't have a "neat call" any more?  Doing the math (crudely, not precisely), 
it looks a wash for my score.  More USA PX times overall points would about 
balance the reduced USA PX's with 1 point each.  So the big difference was 
hardware (40m).  What does this mean?  I still had lots of fun and didn't 
bother to think about points or PX's during the contest...just work (and log) 
'em all...like I have always done.

So....any of the BIG BOYS analyze their logs for "before and after?"

de Doug KR2Q


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