[CQ-Contest] LOTW Percentage

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

Here are the LoTW %s from my station log going back to 1974:

YEAR  QSOs  LoTW     %
----------------------
1974    13     0    0%
1975   510     0    0%
1976   512     0    0%
1977  1042     0    0%
1978  1290     2    0%
1979  1253     4    0%
1980  1719    18    1%
1981  1041     9    0%
1982   496     3    0%
1983   520     1    0%
1984   196     2    1%
1985    37     1    2%
1986    43     0    0%
1987   166     3    1%
1988  1019    30    2%
1989  3089   120    3%
1990  2554    77    3%
1991  1784   107    5%
1992  8500   496    5%
1993  3926   204    5%
1994  7170   372    5%
1995  2808   186    6%
1996   156    19   12%
1997  1188   172   14%
1998  6224   772   12%
1999  3022   628   20%
2000  3835   603   15%
2001  6298  1090   17%
2002  4477   579   12%
2003  2933   462   15%
2004  4131  1066   25%
2005  2463   717   29%
2006  4870  1781   36%
2007  2268   766   33%
2008  2547  1096   43%
2009  1122   295   26%

What's interesting is that the years 1990-1995 are almost all contest
QSOs, with very little operating outside contests (I did not have a
home station those years).  Yet the % confirmed via LoTW is relatively
low compared to later years.  I can only infer that people have not
taken the time to import their old contest logs into the system.  If
this is because you can't get them into ADIF format, please contact me
off-line and I'll see if I can help.

73 - Jim AD1C

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Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us