Sorry, the chart did not retain its formatting. I was afraid of that - should
have sent it to myself first to test.
I tried an Excel file too but got an error message it was too big. I'll try to
figure something out.
73,
Ed K3DNE
> On 01/29/2021 8:36 AM Ed Kucharski < k3dne@comcast.net
> mailto:k3dne@comcast.net > wrote:
>
>
> 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??? What am I missing? 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 my chart below. I had a little difficulty getting all the #'s if it
> wasn't mentioned in the write-up - scanning and manually 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
>
> Average Score LM Top 10
>
> #UM
>
> # Total Multi (LM+UM)
>
> Average Score UM Top 10
>
> Cumulative 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
>
> *2020 results possibly affected by COVID-19
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