[CQ-Contest] ARRL DX "Leveling, Handicapping, Equalizing"

[<w1md@cfl.rr.com>]

So...the data is there...40+ years of it. Seems that it would be a fairly easy 
and straightforward process to use the results of previous years to come up 
with a "leveling, handicapping, equalizing" factor that would take into account 
the vast majority of factors...including Distance, Propagation, and those years 
where there were 'anomalies' that allowed a station outside of W1-3 and VE1-3 
to get into the top ten.

Sorry about the formatting...this is just 9 years of data (2002-2010) for the 
SOHP category.

9 out of 90 stations came from areas other than W1-3 or VE1-3 or roughly 10%    
                                                                                
                                                                                
        
IN =3                                                                           
                                                                                
                
VA = 2                                                                          
                                                                                
                
CO = 1                                                                          
                                                                                
                
STX = 1                                                                         
                                                                                
                
WCF = 1                                                                         
                                                                                
                
NM = 1          


1       K5ZD (W4PA, op) 6,173,244       4,454   462     WMA     1               
1       KT1V (NT1N, op) 6,226,974       4,094   507     NH      1               
1       K5ZD (W4PA, op) 6,588,960       4,240   518     WMA     1
2       K1DG    5,629,746       4,027   466     NH      1               2       
KQ2M    5,675,454       4,086   463     CT      1               2       N2NT    
6,343,305       4,187   505     NNJ     2
3       AA1K    5,172,453       4,019   429     DE      3               3       
VY2ZM (K1ZM, op)        5,490,114       3,902   469     MAR                     
3       K3CR (LZ4AX, op)        5,060,160       3,514   480     WPA     3
4       W9RE    5,063,502       3,898   433     IN      9               4       
K1TO    5,480,952       4,042   452     WCF     4               4       KT1V    
4,946,856       3,782   436     NH      1
5       K1ZZ    5,045,175       3,957   425     CT      1               5       
K5ZD (W4PA, op) 5,458,815       4,089   445     WMA     1               5       
K3ZO    4,640,286       3,298   469     MDC     3
6       N2IC    4,902,660       3,891   420     CO      0               6       
N2NT    4,914,630       3,766   435     NNJ     2               6       W1WEF   
4,569,642       3,234   471     CT      1
7       W1WEF   4,854,462       3,686   439     CT      1               7       
AA1K    4,461,795       3,419   435     DE      3               7       N2LT    
4,361,880       3,260   446     NNJ     2
8       K2UA    4,789,530       3,942   405     WNY     2               8       
K3ZO    4,357,794       3,347   434     MDC     3               8       WC1M    
4,170,264       3,374   412     NH      1
9       K5GN    4,628,520       3,588   430     STX     5               9       
K2UA    4,212,600       3,304   425     WNY     2               9       KQ2M    
4,155,624       3,267   424     CT      1
10      K3CR (LZ4AX, op)        4,446,192       3,376   439     WPA     3       
        10      VY2TT   4,043,034       3,186   423     MAR                     
10      K1RM    4,120,200       3,052   450     CT      1
                        2,002                                                   
        2,003                                                           2,004   
                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                
1       VY2ZM (K1ZM, op)        5,382,234       3,978   451     MAR             
        1       N9RV    4,714,356       3,596   437     IN      9               
1       VY2PA   4,863,075       3,925   413     MAR     
2       KQ2M    4,806,459       3,633   441     CT      1               2       
N2NT    4,635,210       3,670   421     NNJ     2               2       N2NT    
4,026,048       3,226   416     NNJ     2
3       N2NT    4,660,608       3,664   424     NNJ     2               3       
K3CR (LZ4AX, op)        4,462,128       3,443   432     WPA     3               
3       K3CR (LZ4AX, op)        3,445,200       2,900   396     WPA     3
4       K3CR (LZ4AX, op)        4,366,941       3,331   437     WPA     3       
        4       AA1K    4,035,045       3,241   415     DE      3               
4       AA1K    3,315,510       2,805   394     DE      3
5       AA1K    4,190,670       3,366   415     DE      3               5       
VE3DZ   3,209,856       2,572   416     ON                      5       K1ZZ    
3,128,625       2,781   375     CT      1
6       K1ZZ    3,850,344       3,027   424     CT      1               6       
VY2TT (K6LA, op)        3,198,555       2,755   387     MAR                     
6       VY2TT   3,042,660       2,669   380     MAR     
7       K5ZD    3,782,652       3,121   404     WMA     1               7       
W4RX (K0DQ, op) 3,175,326       2,607   406     VA      4               7       
VC3O (VE3AT, op)        2,793,168       2,282   408     ON      
8       W3GRF (K0DQ, op)        3,764,988       2,946   426     VA      4       
        8       K3ZO    3,165,855       2,741   385     MDC     3               
8       WC1M    2,766,510       2,605   354     NH      1
9       N2LT    3,687,420       3,020   407     NNJ     2               9       
VC3A (VE3AT, op)        3,107,160       2,520   411     ON                      
9       VE3DZ   2,653,992       2,234   396     ON      
10      WC1M    3,634,536       3,044   398     NH      1               10      
K1ZZ    3,103,290       2,523   410     CT      1               10      N2LT    
2,642,400       2,400   367     NNJ     2
                        2,005                                                   
        2,006                                                           2,007   
                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                
1       K1KI    3,593,274       3,103   386     CT      1               1       
VY2ZM (K0DQ, op)        4,892,940       4,006   410     MAR                     
1       VY2ZM   5,549,292       4,656   399     MAR     
2       K3CR (LZ4AX, op)        3,557,358       3,137   378     WPA     3       
        2       NN3W (@ N3HBX)  4,066,260       3,392   404     MDC     3       
        2       K3CR (LZ4AX, op)        5,514,120       4,362   424     WPA     
3
3       K1ZM    3,501,762       3,121   374     EMA     1               3       
K3CR (LZ4AX, op)        3,868,128       3,186   407     WPA     3               
3       VY2TT   5,218,695       4,557   387     MAR     
4       N2NT    3,381,240       2,966   380     NNJ     2               4       
K5ZD (W1UE, op) 3,717,186       3,361   374     WMA     1               4       
K1RX    4,984,317       4,474   377     NH      1
5       AA1K    2,985,831       2,757   361     DE      3               5       
AA1K    3,637,740       3,235   380     DE      3               5       N2IC    
4,757,745       3,796   419     NM      5
6       K1ZZ    2,851,785       2,495   381     CT      1               6       
K1ZZ    3,634,962       3,150   386     CT      1               6       K1ZZ    
4,702,365       3,785   415     CT      1
7       VC3E (VE3AT, op)        2,802,618       2,639   354     ON              
        7       WC1M    3,192,783       3,158   341     NH      1               
7       K5ZD    4,586,838       3,972   386     WMA     1
8       WC1M    2,515,032       2,687   312     NH      1               8       
VY2TT (K6LA, op)        3,092,202       3,026   346     MAR                     
8       W9RE    4,552,119       3,909   393     IN      9
9       N2LT    2,277,330       2,266   335     NNJ     2               9       
N2LT    2,933,856       2,692   366     NNJ     2               9       WC1M    
4,413,225       4,108   361     NH      1
10      K3ZO    2,209,920       2,302   320     MDC     3               10      
W1WEF   2,684,079       2,720   331     CT      1               10      VX3AT 
(VE3AT, op)       4,398,198       3,639   406     ON      
                        2,008                                                   
        2,009                                                           2,010   
                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                
W1MD

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