Interesting chat on the reflector has dealt with who is ?hard to get?
during sweeps. This got me interested, and being an accountant I could
not resist playing with the numbers for some analysis. Hence, the
following list of Sweeps Sections ranked from toughest to easiest, based
only on the phone sweeps of November 1996 (latest data available). The
listings rank each section by the number of reported QSOs logged in
each. Also included is the number of stations who submitted logs, the
zone in which the section is situate, and the percentage the QSOs in
that section represent of the toal Qs in the contest. (Note: any and all
who swept in 1996 owe VE8EV a beer).
Note also, that a new section was added in 1997 and there is talk of
three new ones in 1998. (Including one, I think, WHERE NO ONE LIVES.)
Obviously, new sections would be wild cards in a new contest but would
probably elbow a few others out of positions near the top of the ?hard
to get? list.
A more valid result would incorporate a smoothed average over a longer
set of contest results. If someone has a copy of previous SS results for
phone and or CW, I could pursue some trend analysis too (this is what
accountants do in their spare time).
Rank Dist QSO Count Stns Area Percent
1 NWT 180 1 CAN 0.03%
2 PR 746 3 4 0.13%
3 YK 754 1 CAN 0.13%
4 DE 1,085 5 3 0.19%
5 MAR 1,185 3 CAN 0.21%
6 PAC 1,329 3 6 0.24%
7 AK 1,358 3 7 0.24%
8 PQ 1,430 8 CAN 0.25%
9 NNY 1,480 8 2 0.26%
10 MB 1,505 1 CAN 0.27%
11 SK 1,961 4 CAN 0.35%
12 WY 2,323 7 7 0.41%
13 VI 2,384 2 4 0.42%
14 SD 2,447 8 0 0.44%
15 SC 2,448 11 4 0.44%
16 SF 2,519 11 6 0.45%
17 WMA 2,800 4 1 0.50%
18 ON 2,934 14 CAN 0.52%
19 ME 3,088 8 1 0.55%
20 MS 3,096 8 5 0.55%
21 ND 3,150 3 0 0.56%
22 NV 3,370 4 7 0.60%
23 BC 3,448 7 CAN 0.61%
24 MT 3,499 5 7 0.62%
25 VT 3,705 8 1 0.66%
26 SD 3,883 11 6 0.69%
27 WTX 3,936 6 5 0.70%
28 UT 4,098 11 7 0.73%
29 SB 4,276 12 6 0.76%
30 NB 4,279 10 0 0.76%
31 NH 4,527 9 1 0.81%
32 IA 4,660 14 7 0.83%
33 AB 4,760 7 CAN 0.85%
34 NLI 4,810 23 2 0.86%
35 NFL 4,919 12 4 0.88%
36 SNJ 5,021 22 2 0.89%
37 RI 5,087 12 1 0.91%
38 OK 5,185 17 5 0.92%
39 SFL 5,322 19 4 0.95%
40 WV 5,413 13 8 0.96%
41 IA 5,420 18 0 0.96%
42 EWA 5,451 9 7 0.97%
43 EB 5,511 12 6 0.98%
44 KS 5,511 18 0 0.98%
45 TN 5,726 13 4 1.02%
46 KY 6,068 17 4 1.08%
47 AR 6,207 14 5 1.10%
48 EMA 6,522 26 1 1.16%
49 LA 6,702 10 5 1.19%
50 GA 7,144 17 4 1.27%
51 OR 7,623 15 7 1.36%
52 AL 7,757 13 4 1.38%
53 ORG 7,903 19 6 1.41%
54 AZ 7,927 25 7 1.41%
55 CT 7,942 29 1 1.41%
56 MS 7,954 22 0 1.42%
57 IN 8,038 25 9 1.43%
58 WI 8,259 27 9 1.47%
59 NNJ 8,334 32 2 1.48%
60 NM 8,435 10 5 1.50%
61 SJV 9,102 20 6 1.62%
62 WPA 9,866 20 3 1.76%
63 EPA 9,980 39 3 1.78%
64 LAX 10,283 22 6 1.83%
65 CO 12,791 22 0 2.28%
66 WWA 12,868 33 7 2.29%
67 ENY 12,927 36 2 2.30%
68 MN 13,272 27 0 2.36%
69 WNY 13,566 47 2 2.41%
70 SCV 13,688 28 6 2.44%
71 SV 14,647 20 6 2.61%
72 NC 15,726 36 4 2.80%
73 MDC 16,430 38 3 2.92%
74 NTX 17,733 33 5 3.16%
75 OH 19,296 64 8 3.43%
76 VA 20,832 63 4 3.71%
77 IL 22,605 68 9 4.02%
78 STX 23,394 52 5 4.16%
79 MI 27,978 87 8 4.98%
Total: 561,818 1,464
Ave/Station: 384
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