[PVRCNC] 2017 ARRL 160, Some Stuff from the Stats

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

Every now and then the numbers can be caught telling stories you
aren't hearing anywhere else. Read and grin.

ARRL 160 meter contest
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2017                PVRC 85 entries, 9,249,199
(claimed from   YCCC 63 entries
logs received)   FRC 65 entries

(below from scores database)

2016  PVRC  82 entries, 7,576,803
          FRC     52 entries, 5,050,221
          YCCC  65 entries, 4,396,310

Margin = 2,526,582

2015  PVRC 86 entries, 6,176,891
          YCCC 73 entries, 5,210,489
          FRC    47 entries, 4,645,167

Margin = 966,402

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In 2015, PVRC entries from ARRL score database, sorted by score only,

2015, 1-10 included 479,364 through 162,099
2015, 11-20 included 156,072 through 108,944
2015, 21-40 included 108,704 through 47,905

In 2016, PVRC entries from ARRL score database, sorted by score only,

2016, 1-10 included 532,092 through 218,502   35% over '15 at #10
2016, 11-20 included 212,157 through 129,987  19% over '15 at #20
2016, 21-40 included  118,690 through 52,086   9% over '15 at #40

In 2017, claimed scores, from 3830, sorted by score only

2017, 1-10 included 524,214 through 301,288   +37% over '16 at #10
2017, 11-20 included 262,884 through 157,152  +22% over '16 at #20
2017, 21-40 included 157,040 through 60,970   +17% over '16 at #40

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In 2015 when YCCC got up on its horse, got really serious, and turned
in 73 entries,

*** if you take away the small score half of our entries, we lose to YCCC. ***

PVRC's high and medium scores aren't enough.

Don't ever think that those few hours you managed to operate in
between, before, after all the family falderah, etc, and tossed in
that small log...  Don't **ever** think that log didn't count.  In the
future, you never know who will rise up and make it really, really
close, maybe too close and beyond.

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PVRC logs 1000Q+

2012 - 6
2013 - 6
2014 - 5
2015 - 6
2016 - 10
2017(from 3830) - 11

Number of years '12 to '17 with 1000Q+ log for PVRC

K3ZM 6
N1LN 6
N3RR 4
K2AV 3
N3QE 3
W4CB 2
NR4M 2
N3HEE 2
W3LL 2
N4UA 2
W4MYA 1
K4XL 1
KA4RRU 1
K3AJ 1
KD4D 1
NN3W 1
N4AF 1
AA4NC 1
N8II 1
KP2M 1
KC4D 1
W4NF 1

What do you suppose would happen if all 22 of those (who have proven
they can do it) did it the same year?  Plus a few more for the first
time? What better year on 160 than 2018?  :>))

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2017's score needed to make PVRC top 10 is almost double that of 2015  !!!!

There has been substantial year over year over year improvement at all
score levels.

It's not conditions. K3ZM turns in a saturation level score,
comparable to other perennial monster saturation scores. The national
monster saturation scores aren't moving that much.

PVRC's general year over year total score improvements are coming from
the ***general club population*** increasing their grab on the
available Q's, not the perennial monster scores.

An example, only one of many, kudo's to the regular guy, small lot
kind of improvements:

   N3HEE ('13 thru '17):  100,418 - 139,664 - 151,470 - 218,504 - 262,060(c)

When you've got 1/4 acre-ish guys turning in 1000Q+ and 200K+ scores
in the ARRL 160, you **are** going to have a club score.

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73, Guy K2AV