Jack: All the reasons you listed are viable. It is hard work to set-up a multi
station, even harder if it is portable. I'm sure that has something to do with
it. Our silent keys and aging may be factors too but the differences in #'s is
striking.
I apologize that all my attempts to show the chart I put together got messed up
by the reflector - it was a much better visual than just reading my words.
In 2000 (September contests data) there were 76 multi's submitting a log with a
combined cumulative average score of the top 10 of 714K (in 2005 that went up
to 991K) and there has been a steady decline since. In 2014 a record # of Multi
logs were submitted (81) with a combined cumulative average score of the top 10
of only 249K but in 2015 that # dropped to 31 with that avg top 10 score of
172K. The # of Multi log submissions have been hanging out in the 30's since
then. The combined cumulative average score of the top 10 has now dropped to
the low 100K area (2019 = 114K, 2020 =105K [Covid]) so different from the 991K
in 2005.
73,
Ed K3DNE
> On 01/29/2021 9:16 AM JACK NYIRI < nyirijp@comcast.net
> mailto:nyirijp@comcast.net > wrote:
>
>
> Ed - perhaps it is due to the increasing number of silent keys in the
> VHF+ community.... Also, there are more and more communities with restrictive
> conveniences that prohibit outdoor antennas.(I think this one discourages the
> young guys from getting in the hobby.)
>
> I look at the drop off of operators/stations in the mid-west, south and
> for that matter even in the east. Guys are getting older and retiring to
> places that do not allow outdoor antennas.
>
> COVID has not help in the past year.
>
> I hope I am wrong... - 73 - Jack AB4CR
>
>
>
>
> > > On 01/29/2021 8:59 AM Ed Kucharski < k3dne@comcast.net
> mailto:k3dne@comcast.net > wrote:
> >
> >
> > I couldn't embed the chart in the email so it is now attached.
> >
> > I'm doing some research and digging for data about the recent
> > thread associated with the effect FTx has had on traditional weak signal
> > modes (ssb/cw).
> >
> > In the process I noticed a dramatic decrease in both Limited Multi
> > and Unlimited Multi activity and scores (September VHF Contests) in the
> > mid-late 2000's and again in 2015. The authors of the results write-ups
> > noted this as well but didn't offer an explanation (unless I missed it).
> >
> > Why??? FT8 didn't begin till 2017 (according to that write-up).
> > Remember, I only looked at the September results! 2015 was the first year
> > allowing use of spotting in all categories (spots, chat rooms, email, text,
> > phone, etc.).
> >
> > See attached chart (Word File). I had a little difficulty getting
> > all the #'s if it wasn't mentioned in the write-up - scanning and counting
> > results - I may have missed a few either way, scores were rounded.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > 73,
> > Ed K3DNE
> >
> > LM = Limited Multi
> > UM = Unlimited Multi
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