[CQ-Contest] CQWW SSB and CW Record Number of Entries

[Steve London]

On 12/11/2017 12:12 PM, David Siddall wrote:
> It is deserving of note that while logs are continuing to trickle in --
> more so for the CW weekend than for the SSB weekend at this point -- the
> number of entries for the 2017 CQWW SSB and CW weekends each exceed the
> previous all-time record!
> 
> The number of logs submitted for each mode is almost QUADRUPLE the number
> received in the late 1970's.  In 30 years -- 1977 to 2017 -- CQWW SSB
> entries increased by 394 percent, while CW increased by 361 percent.

And yet the published writeup has shrunk the USA top-10 boxes to top-5 
boxes. Ditto for the band breakdowns. Has the number of USA log 
submissions fallen by 50 % since the late 1970's ?

73,
Steve, N2IC