[OKDXA] DXCC Tabluations -- years 2008 thru 2013

[Roger Simpson]

I wrote some software to scan the data from the PDFs that ARRL generates every day so I could count the number of DXCC certificates of various types that valid at any given time. 

I started doing this in 2008. A summary of this info is below. It is interesting to note that there was negative growth in the mixed DXCC from 2010 to 2011. 

Also note that the number of people on the mixed honor roll during the summer of 2012 is very nearly the same as the summer of 2008. The number of people on the mixed honor roll went both up and down from year to year during this time.  

There are probably a lot of things that contribute to DXCC participation: growth of amateur radio generally, propagation, interest in the DXing segment of the hobby, and the median age of DXers who with various award categories in the DXCC program. My guess is that the honor roll numbers are especially weighted to older DXers which makes these numbers volatile due to operators becoming silent keys. 


73    Roger      K5RKS
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TABLE 1 - DXCC TABULATION AS OF JULY 30, 2013

          Callsigns        Honor Roll     USA Callsigns[1]  
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Mixed     22754            4476            12134 

CW        10081            1415             5862      

RTTY       3320             128             1493

Phone     15971            2311             8645  
 
Note 1: In this tabulation USA Callsigns are defined as all callsigns
starting with K, N, W, or AA-AL

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TABLE 2 - DXCC MIXED CERTIFICATES THAT ARE ACTIVE

Date          Callsigns       Honor Roll
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Jul 30, 2013    22754           4476
Jun 22, 2012    21470           4176
Mar 27, 2011    19185           3806
Jul 25, 2009    18412           4374
Jul 23, 2008    17570           4146

Note: The number on the mixed honor roll is about the "same" 
in the summer of 2012 as it is in the summer of 2008. This must mean 
that the number of newer honor roll members just about balances out
DXCCers who have become silent keys. 

Source for all data -- ARRL PDF files from ARRL Website