I did a look at contest participation about a 1.5 years ago. Unfortunately
I don't have the data any longer.
Didn't look at scores because there are too many external factors that
affect it such as propagation or lack of, participation, weather, etc. and
no way to normalize the results.
I took a look at all three ARRL contests and the CQWW with what I could
find on the web. Wouldn't call it accurate by any means. What I recall is
that the September contest was a bit of an anomaly. Participation based on
the number of logs received has been increasing YoY for the past few years
with the exception of the Sept contest which was basically flat or slight
decrease. A better way to look at it would have been to look at the number
of unique calls found in all the logs combined for overall activity levels
but that information is not available without the raw data.
-Scott AA5AM
On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 11:31 AM Ed Kucharski <k3dne@comcast.net> wrote:
> On 01/29/2021 10:41 AM Jeff Townsend < wb8lyj@gmail.com mailto:
> wb8lyj@gmail.com > wrote:
> What about the single operators? Was there a similar drop in contest
> activity by that group of operators?
>
>
> Jeff: I haven't looked at the # of log submission for the Single-Op
> categories (yet) but I did look at the Average Score of the Top 10 in each
> category.
> FM and SOQP/SO Portable not included below.
>
> September Results Only
>
> The "Combined Average Score of the Top Ten" in each category.
>
> In 2000 the combined average score of the top ten (SOHP+SOLP) = 240K
> In 2005 that # went up to 433K! (SOHP+SOLP) (total logs submitted = 630)
> In 2010 = 234K (SOHP+SOLP)
> In 2015 = 153K (now SOHP+SOLP+SO3B)
> In 2017 = 134K (first year with FTx)
> In 2018 = 93K (appears to be the lowest, total logs submitted = 569)
> In 2019 = 144K (avg. score and # logs (691) increased)
> In 2020 = 201K (record high # of total logs submitted = 833)
>
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > > On Jan 29, 2021, at 10:12 AM, Ed Kucharski <
> k3dne@comcast.net mailto:k3dne@comcast.net > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hopefully this works, 4'th attempt. The reflector stripped the
> attachment, the embedded Excel file was too big and the cut/paste Word file
> lost formatting. So I attempted to type it in the email below. Hope it
> looks okay. If anyone wants an Excel or Word file of the chart I'm happy to
> email it directly.
> > >
> > > 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 chart below. 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.
> > >
> > >
> > > Year #LM Avg. Score LM Top 10 #UM #LM+UM Avg.Score UM Top 10
> Cum. Avg. Score Top 10 (LM+UM)
> > > 2000 53 246K 23 76 468K 714K
> > > 2005 33 296K 29 62 695K 991K
> > > 2010 23 78K 26 49 277K 355K
> > > 2014 41 97K 40 81 152K 249K
> > > 2015 17 75K 14 31 97K 172K
> > > 2017 21 54K 15 36 83K 137K
> > > 2018 22 45K 15 37 62K 107K
> > > 2019 22 54K 17 39 60K 114K
> > > 2020* 21 48K 12 33 57K 105K
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