You can actually answer this question at http://www.cqww.com/stats.htm
As we know, the problem is the cost of pages in a paper magazine. The good
news is that you can have band breakdowns for EVERY entry in the contest on
the web site.
K5ZD
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Steve London
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 3:05 PM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW SSB and CW Record Number of Entries
>
> On 12/11/2017 12:12 PM, David Siddall wrote:
> > It is deserving of note that while logs are continuing to trickle in
> > -- more so for the CW weekend than for the SSB weekend at this point
> > -- the number of entries for the 2017 CQWW SSB and CW weekends each
> > exceed the previous all-time record!
> >
> > The number of logs submitted for each mode is almost QUADRUPLE the
> > number received in the late 1970's. In 30 years -- 1977 to 2017 --
> > CQWW SSB entries increased by 394 percent, while CW increased by 361
> percent.
>
> And yet the published writeup has shrunk the USA top-10 boxes to top-5
> boxes. Ditto for the band breakdowns. Has the number of USA log
> submissions fallen by 50 % since the late 1970's ?
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
>
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