[NLRS] Lunch time UHF (Rovermania) contest analysis

[jcplatt1 at mmm.com]

Thanks to the ARRL's web-based score reporting, here is a little bit of
lunch time analysis for the UHF contest (aka, rovermania).     I bunched
all the operating classes together (rover, single op, etc).   The analysis
includes 222 thru 24 GHz, and for the top ten band summaries, only the top
ten spots.    The total number of logs received = 169 (up 20% from last
year).

Band summary, reported in order of popularity (you can use this to see what
your next band should be !!):

#1 = 432 (165/169 = 98%)
      QSOs = NLRS members took 5, 6, 8, and 9th spots.
      Grids = NLRS members took 7 and 8th spots

#2 = 222 (130/169 = 77%)
Remember when this was an exotic band ?   Its past 1296 in popularity
despite equipment availability issues and the UPS.
      QSOs = NLRS members took 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10th spots
      Grids = NLRS members took 8 and 9th spots

#3 = 1296 (104/169 = 62%)    Almost 2/3 of all ops had 1296.
      QSOs = NLRS members took 4, 6, 7, and 8th spots.
      Grids = NLRS members took 5, 6, and 10th spots.

#4 = 902 (68/169 = 40%)
Not bad, two out of every five reporting ops with 902.
      QSOs = NLRS members took 4, 5, 8 and 10th spots
      Grids = NLRS members took 5 and 7th spots

#5 = 2304 (51/169 = 30%)
      QSOs = NLRS members took 2, 4, 7, 8, and 10th spots
      Grids = NLRS members took 4, 6, and 8th spots

#6 = 10G (46/169 = 27%)
I counted 15 of these 46 as NLRS members, or 33% of all 10G scores.
      QSOs = NLRS members took 1, 2, 3 and 7th spots
      Grids = NLRS members took 1, 2, and 3d spots.

#7 = 3456 (38/169 = 22%)
      QSOs = NLRS members took 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6th spots
      Grids = NLRS members took 2, 3, and 4th spots

#8 = 5760 (32/169 = 19%)
      QSOs = NLRS members took 2, 3, 5, 6, and 8th spots
      Grids = NLRS members took 2, 6, 7, and 8th spots

#9 = 24G (12/169 = 7%)
      QSOs = NLRS members took 3d spot
      Grids = NLRS members took 2d spot.


As you can see, we did very very well in dominating the lower half of the
top ten group on the bands below 2304 (222 thru 1296).   However it isnt
until 2304 where we had a better than third place showing, and on 3456 and
10 GHz we dominated the upper half of the top ten (on 10gigs, KM0T had 35
Q's, W0ZQ/R had 32, W0GHZ had 25, and WB0LJC had 13).

One conclusion that can be drawn is that while the NLRS and its surrounding
area has shown growth in stations, its shown an even larger growth in bands
per station.   It also shows that we can field some mighty fine rover
stations.

PS:    Its not to soon to be thinking about the return of Rovermania .....
Rovermania II.

73, Jon
W0ZQ