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

Fri Jul 1 07:25:53 PDT 2011

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			

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