[SFDXA] Fwd: [cwops] DXPedition comparison

[Mark Horowitz]

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From: Radio KØHB <kzerohb at gmail.com<mailto:kzerohb at gmail.com>>
Date: October 25, 2019 at 1:18:11 AM EDT
To: "cwops at groups.io<mailto:cwops at groups.io>" <cwops at groups.io<mailto:cwops at groups.io>>, CW Reflector <cw at mailman.qth.net<mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>>
Subject: [cwops] DXPedition comparison

Over the past months there has been chatter on these reflectors about the effect of the newer digital modes on CW DXing.

Since there are 2 very active DXPeditions operating right now, I thought that I’d compare their “mix of modes” with the past.

For the “past” to compare with, I chose the 1997 VK0IR expedition to Heard Island.  They had a total of 80971 QSO’s logged, and the breakdown by mode was:

VK0IR  Total QSO’s  80971
CW  56%
PH  41%
DIGI  3%

Here is the mix for the two ongoing ones, from reports as of about 0100Z this evening.

VP6R  Total QSO’s  46873
CW  48%
PH   20%
DIGI  32%

5K0K  Total QSO’s  47534
CW   46%
PH    22%
DIGI  32%

So, comparing to 22 years ago, digital has certainly risen in the ranks, from 3% to 32%, but the rise has been much more at the expense of Phone.  Phone contacts are down about 19%, while CW percentage is down about 9%.

And CW remains strongly as the preferred mode by DXers.

73, de Hans, KØHB
"Just a boy and his radio"™

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