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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