[ILQSO] 20 meters- a further analysis

[John Geiger]

Hi Jim,

My logs showed that I worked you plenty of times on 20
in those earlier years.  I think it is a vicious
circle:  no one gets on 20m from IL, so no out of
state stations listen there, and then no one listens
there because there are no IL stations.

73s John AA5JG

--- James Funk <jfunk at fossnorthamerica.com> wrote:

> As a mobile (which I have been 4 or the last 5
> years, if I recall
> correctly without looking at the results), 20 has
> always been the band
> to try to get some extra mults and work "the
> faithful" on an extra band.
> I try to spend some time there to keep the West
> Coast involved, as they
> usually are shut out on 40 and 80 until late in the
> day.  
> 
> Somehow, CA never showed on 20 this year on CW.
> Zilch. Zip. Nada CA at
> all!  Starting an hour earlier has some impact on
> that, and this is one
> issue to revisit post-contest.  However, W7GVE (AZ)
> and AB7RW (WA) were
> there every time I went to 20.
> 
> About 4 years ago, I worked dozens of EU, not only
> on 20, but on 15!  
> 
> Sigh.
> 
> Nice analysis, John. Thanks!
> 
> 73, Jim N9JF
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> John Geiger
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:04 AM
> To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [ILQSO] 20 meters- a further analysis
> 
> To further analyze the change in activity levels on
> 20
> meters, I went back thru the electronic logs I had,
> which only were from 2002-2007.  I must have logged
> by
> paper in 2001 when operating from OK.  I know I was
> using paper logging before that, and 1999 and 2000
> were mobile in Illinois with no 20 meter QSOs
> because
> I didn't have a 20 meter hamstick!  
> 
> Anyways, I wanted to see how many 20 meter QSOs I
> made
> in the ILQP each year, and when I first went to 40
> meters.  Each year I was using the same antenna, and
> using 100 watts each time.  My data shows that this
> is
> becoming more of a low bands contest each year:
> 
> Year   20m QSOs    First 40m QSO
> 2002     154         2226Z
> 2003     120         2124Z
> 2004     120         2020Z
> 2005      89         1821Z
> 2006      24         1757Z
> 2007       4!        1742Z
> 
> So each year I made fewer 20m QSOs and was on 40
> earlier each year.  I remember in the 2001-2004 I
> couldn't even hear stations on 40m the first couple
> of
> hours of the contest, and they were very weak when I
> did hear them.  
> 
> This year I did make more 80m QSOs than usual in the
> contest, and signals were great up there.  I hope
> this
> trend reverses itself when the sunspots reappear, as
> it was nice to work stations on 20m, then again
> later
> on 40 and 80, getting 3 QSOs with each fixed or
> portable station.  This year it was pretty much just
> a
> 40m and 80m QSO with each one.
> 
> 73s John AA5JG
> 
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