[NLRS] September Contest Activity Levels

[John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK]

Jon, W0ZQ, wrote (in part):
>
> The September contest has suffered with a decreasing lack of
> activity through the last couple of years - perhaps someone
> can pull the trend together in terms of number of logs, but I
> know that the trend has been down.

Since Jon "invited" the data...here it is:

In recent years (that is, since 2002, where the ARRL Contest
Results Database starts), the September Log Submission counts
have been pretty steady, varying about +/- 14% from the average
(552) over those eight years. While 2008 was a 'dip' (only 482
Logs, the lowest count among this sample), there were 594 logs
submitted in 2009, above the average. 2005 was a recent 'peak'
with 629 logs. Maybe longer trends look different but I don't
see these numbers as a 'down' trend...the increase from 2008 to
2009 is the most positive one year change among this data.

Here are the total Log Submission counts I have from 2002
through 2009 for September:

      2002    535
      2003    521    -14
      2004    565    +34
      2005    629    +64
      2006    531    -98
      2007    562    +31
      2008    482    -80
      2009    594    +112

73, JK