I thought you'd be interested in summary statistics from the last 3 CQWW CW contests:
2016 spots 2017 spots 2018 spots
6,065,160 7,007,314 8,388,796
Selecting only "CQ" and CW spots (no
beacons), and only on the six contest bands
160-10m, the spot counts are a bit smaller,
but the trend is the same:
6,033,385 6,971,208 8,341,035
More details follow, summarizing unique
callsigns spotted, per continent and band.
This obviously includes many busted callsigns,
but they don't affect the obvious trends.
"CO" is the Continent of the DX station (not
the skimmer):
No real surprises: unique callsigns heard
on 10m have dropped dramatically, while unique
calls heard on 160m and 80m are way up.
----- Unique Callsigns Spotted (Contest
Bands, CW Only) -----
Sat 2018-11-24 to Sun
2018-11-25
CO
160 80 40 20
15 10 Callsigns
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--------- --------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- ----------
AF
91 224 390 326
107 18 747
AS
358 1,276 2,053 1,860
614 139 4,211
EU
2,814 7,486 9,268 7,732
2,011 500 18,536
NA
1,368 3,536 6,080 5,360
1,264 260 10,695
OC
58 205 434 314
180 43 794
SA
61 181 506 409
227 71 979
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--------- --------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- ----------
6
4,750 12,908 18,731 16,001
4,403 1,031 35,962
----- Unique Callsigns Spotted
(Contest Bands, CW Only) -----
Sat 2017-11-25 to Sun
2017-11-26
CO
160 80 40 20
15 10 Callsigns
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--------- --------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- ----------
AF
51 181 382 315
150 31 736
AS
278 995 2,069 1,790
857 174 4,033
EU
2,472 6,456 8,252 7,282
2,888 582 16,884
NA
1,029 3,027 5,441 4,954
2,242 351 9,810
OC
39 160 395 366
241 68 830
SA
38 151 439 427
334 102 982
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--------- --------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- ----------
6
3,907 10,970 16,978 15,134
6,712 1,308 33,275
----- Unique Callsigns Spotted
(Contest Bands, CW Only) -----
Sat 2016-11-26 to Sun
2016-11-27
CO
160 80 40 20
15 10 Callsigns
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--------- --------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- ----------
AF
72 198 380 283
187 38 721
AS
336 1,034 1,810 1,580
941 192 3,859
EU
2,328 6,055 8,252 6,794
2,769 424 16,397
NA
942 2,854 5,805 4,992
2,407 629 10,242
OC
56 165 408 339
226 80 801
SA
37 135 433 450
340 133 992
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--------- --------- ----------
6
3,771 10,441 17,088 14,438
6,870 1,496 33,012
----- RBN Spot Counts (Contest
Bands, CW Only) -----
Sat 2018-11-24 to Sun
2018-11-25
CO
160 80 40
20 15 10 Spots
--
--------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- ---------
----------
AF
15,593 36,483 79,021
63,762 15,656 175 210,690
AS
24,030 128,898 261,471
226,674 44,441 1,320
686,834
EU
463,532 1,584,499 1,991,227
1,125,628 84,692 5,477
5,255,055
NA
101,063 334,043 780,059
578,128 54,580 1,475
1,849,348
OC
1,277 10,115 54,842
24,160 15,603 781 106,778
SA
7,842 25,550 91,598
59,816 46,874 650 232,330
--
--------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- ---------
----------
613,337 2,119,588 3,258,218
2,078,168 261,846 9,878
8,341,035
----- RBN Spot Counts
(Contest Bands, CW Only) -----
Sat 2017-11-25 to
Sun 2017-11-26
CO
160 80 40
20 15 10 Spots
--
--------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- ---------
----------
AF
5,564 27,190 66,725
43,193 27,563 281
170,516
AS
13,572 79,866 208,233
192,258 71,311 2,122
567,362
EU
425,055 1,300,986 1,524,636
877,328 173,114 6,168
4,307,287
NA
61,374 267,777 586,855
481,603 147,872 2,912
1,548,393
OC
1,985 7,273 38,288
35,035 24,908 3,088
110,577
SA
5,367 19,258 87,759
73,867 75,820 5,002
267,073
--
--------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- ---------
----------
512,917 1,702,350 2,512,496
1,703,284 520,588 19,573
6,971,208
----- RBN Spot Counts
(Contest Bands, CW Only) -----
Sat 2016-11-26 to Sun
2016-11-27
CO
160 80 40 20
15 10 Spots
--
--------- --------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- ----------
AF
3,707 28,790 52,069 40,234
32,630 781 158,211
AS
19,534 87,860 185,402 181,616
86,490 3,132 564,034
EU
334,503 994,353 1,273,844 762,900
144,365 3,109 3,513,074
NA
41,966 193,588 501,163 489,021
164,511 9,749 1,399,998
OC
1,813 7,092 31,513 29,049
22,972 2,279 94,718
SA
6,657 21,670 81,711 99,800
80,176 13,336 303,350
--
--------- --------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- ----------
408,180 1,333,353 2,125,702 1,602,620
531,144 32,386 6,033,385
ContestSpots.awk
by N6TV
2018-12-21
02:02:29 UTC
