[OKDXA] DXCC Listings -- Five Year Trend

[W5LE]

Awesome compilation of information, Roger!
73 and see you in the pileups.


On 1/1/2015 2:30 PM, Roger Simpson wrote:
> 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:
>
> =====================================================
> Date of summary -- January 1, 2015
>
>                               Calls          Honor Roll     USA*
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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
>
>
> =====================================================
> Date of summary -- July 20, 2010
>
>                               Calls          Honor Roll     USA*
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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
>
>
> ======================================================
> *  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
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