[OKDXA] DXCC Listings -- Five Year Trend

[Roger Simpson]

I have been taking snapshots of the PDFs from the ARRL website for the 
daily DXCC listings since 2006. I have snapshots from several times per 
year from 2006 to the present. Before 2010, I only took snapshots of the 
MIXED listings.

Here is the summary of MIXED, PHONE, CW, and RTTY listings from today 
vs. 2010:

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Date of summary -- January 1, 2015

                               Calls          Honor Roll     USA*
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MIXED                    24393            4755          12948
CW                         10989            1567           5202
RTTY                       3805              144           1707
PHONE                   16900            2464           9121

Unique calls the Honor Roll for one or more modes = 5172


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Date of summary -- July 20, 2010

                               Calls          Honor Roll     USA*
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MIXED                    18921            4558          10261
CW                          8234            1313            4026
RTTY                       2147               87            1006
PHONE                   14086            2472            7640

Unique calls on Honor Roll for one or more modes = 5108


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*  For the purposes of this tabulation the USA column includes those 
calls starting with AA-AL, K, N, or W. So the USA
column includes any "entity" that is US territory such as "continental 
48 states", Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, 
etc.


I think the bottom line is that the DXCC program is holding its own over 
the last five years in terms of participation. As some ops become silent 
keys others that are new to the DXCC program take their place. Comparing 
the number of calls on the MIXED DXCC list in 2010 vs. today see an 
growth of approximately 28%. So I guess that the DXCC program is alive 
and well.

Each of the snapshots I have is a complete listing for that mode/date. 
So, for example, I can look at the MIXED DXCC for K5RKS for October 31, 
2006 and see that my DXCC count was 220.

I'm wishing all of you a Happy New Year. See you in the pileups for 
Navassa, Iran, Eritrea, Bouvet, Heard Island, etc. in the upcoming 
weeks, months, and years.

BTW: The W1AW/x operations during the 100th anniversary of the ARRL were 
outstanding. I logged 743 W1AW/x QSOs

73   Roger   K5RKS    Oklahoma City