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Data, charts, and gossip about contests.
Top Loggers 2023
Continuing the tradition of my CQ Magazine Contesting Column, I've updated the Top Loggers stats to include 2023 CQWW
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7% of contesters self-spotted in ARRL DX SSB 2024
Self-spotting - allowed by the ARRL rules to all entrants in ARRL contests - was used more than twice as often in the SSB leg of the ARRL DX contest than in the CW leg. Several US/VE stations often spotted themselves using DX callsigns and visa versa, to work around geographically restrictive spotting filters.
You can find the full article and data at https://radiosport.world/2024arrlssb.html .
Fewer than 3% of contesters self-spotted in ARRL DX CW 2024
I gathered manual (non-reversebeacon) spots from 9 Telnet cluster nodes around the world over the 48-hour ARRL DX CW 2024, deduped them, and counted self-spots to see how widely self-spotting has been adopted, 14 months after the ARRL allowed self-spotting by all entrants in ARRL contests.
You can find the full article and data at https://radiosport.world/2024arrlcw.html .
Periodic Table of State QSO Parties
Making an effort in the State QSO Party Challenge?
This handy chart you can print and hang on your wall or fridge will help you plan!
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Subway Map of Weekly Contests
Outside the contest weekend, there are weekday contests for CW, Phone, RTTY, and Digital enthusiasts.
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2024 Periodic Table Of Contests
The 2024 Periodic Table Of Contests is available here on the Radiosport.World website.
Once again, I have chosen major contest activities for each weekend. There are two fifth weekends of June and November are shown greyed out, awaiting contest announcements. I anticipate being able to fill these over the coming months and will update the calendar here.
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