I thought that was likely the source.
It’s a very common misconception that Clublog logs pick up all of the “traffic”
on the air. I tested this theory a month or so ago.
I called CQ on SSB for an hour and called CQ on CW for an hour. I worked about
100 stations. This was a weekday evening with a mix of NA, SA, and Eu
stations. I then looked up each call to see how many were log uploaders to
Clublog. The answer, only 20% of that “traffic” uploaded to clublog.
Beware of assumptions on data.
75% of clublog uploaders may be FT8 – to your point probably higher. But that
does not represent the HF traffic at all. Even clublog itself has a statement
about drawing wide conclusions from its log data.
Ed N1UR
From: rjairam@gmail.com [mailto:rjairam@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 8:46 AM
To: Edward Sawyer
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] possible changes for CQ VHF Contest
Analysis of logs submitted to ClubLog.
This is 2017 when it was introduced. I have to find the more recent analysis.
It’s higher now.
https://g7vjr.org/2018/01/proportion-of-modes-used-on-the-air-2017-update/
Ria
N2RJ
On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 8:28 AM Edward Sawyer
<EdwardS@sbelectronics.com<mailto:EdwardS@sbelectronics.com>> wrote:
"70% of ham traffic is now FT8."
I am curious where this datapoint is coming from?
Ed N1UR
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