Yearly Stats
To sum it all up in one short succinct statement, I believe comparing 2022 to previous years shows the comeback of the sunspots. Of course other factors enter in as well. The amount of time on the air is a big factor, but it has been pretty uniform over the past few years. The time of day the activity takes place is another factor. I could go on and on listing different factors, but I think sunspots and the resultant propagation are the biggest factors for the increase in many of the categories for 2022.
The more years I add to this table, the more a graph of its values resembles a graph of the sunspot cycle, especially the figures dealing with DX on the higher bands - 20 meters and above. Asian and European QSO's most of all. However it also naturally depends on the other factors listed in the previous paragraph.
When updating the year 2022, I decided to add a line to the table showing the average daily Solar Flux number so those studying the table can see how SF affected the stats for each year.
A red number indicates the highest number for that category.
Category | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 |
Ave Daily SF | 125 | 82 | 74 | 70 | 70 | 77 | 89 | 118 | 146 | 123 | 120 | 113 | 80 | 71 | 69 | 73 | 80 | 92 | 106 | 129 | 180 | 182 | 179 | 154 | 118 | 81 | 72 | 77 |
Cntrys Worked | 69 | 54 | 65 | 21 | 80 | 86 | 114 | 118 | 131 | 130 | 121 | 120 | 68 | 69 | 57 | 68 | 76 | 90 | 99 | 102 | 127 | 126 | 149 | 137 | 123 | 101 | 67 | 98 |
10 M Cntrys | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 53 | 85 | 73 | 43 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 57 | 91 | 90 | 97 | 87 | 68 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
12 M Cntrys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 42 | 26 | 22 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 50 | 41 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
15 M Cntrys | 40 | 31 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 46 | 69 | 80 | 90 | 93 | 79 | 78 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 31 | 60 | 77 | 73 | 102 | 83 | 90 | 85 | 77 | 67 | 43 | 52 |
17 M Cntrys | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 53 | 63 | 62 | 35 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 40 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 23 |
20 M Cntrys | 52 | 44 | 51 | 16 | 65 | 62 | 81 | 92 | 100 | 95 | 93 | 89 | 29 | 51 | 44 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 66 | 56 | 86 | 77 | 92 | 101 | 99 | 60 | 36 | 51 |
Tot QSO's | 2104 | 940 | 989 | 422 | 917 | 1609 | 1734 | 1975 | 2837 | 3624 | 2731 | 2573 | 1219 | 1561 | 2003 | 2158 | 1905 | 2341 | 2112 | 2204 | 3962 | 3386 | 4168 | 5615 | 4553 | 3898 | 3941 | 4777 |
Test QSO's | 1570 | 522 | 575 | 60 | 405 | 906 | 969 | 1146 | 1812 | 2545 | 1829 | 1579 | 687 | 1126 | 1541 | 1688 | 1380 | 1918 | 1701 | 1772 | 3489 | 2815 | 3332 | 4719 | 3854 | 3216 | 3209 | 3476 |
Non-Test QSO's | 534 | 418 | 414 | 362 | 512 | 703 | 765 | 829 | 1025 | 1079 | 902 | 994 | 531 | 435 | 462 | 470 | 525 | 423 | 411 | 432 | 473 | 571 | 836 | 896 | 699 | 682 | 732 | 1301 |
6 M QSO's | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 M QSO's | 21 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 143 | 581 | 441 | 117 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 135 | 294 | 980 | 1083 | 1112 | 938 | 529 | 65 | 49 | 138 |
12 M QSO's | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 65 | 35 | 24 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 71 | 57 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
15 M QSO's | 126 | 92 | 172 | 0 | 18 | 104 | 224 | 394 | 489 | 667 | 417 | 269 | 53 | 32 | 77 | 41 | 62 | 241 | 389 | 384 | 938 | 630 | 904 | 848 | 631 | 429 | 179 | 416 |
17 M QSO's | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 29 | 53 | 101 | 144 | 144 | 55 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 23 | 85 | 63 | 48 | 26 | 25 | 103 |
20 M QSO's | 569 | 302 | 295 | 56 | 301 | 307 | 390 | 539 | 802 | 1103 | 726 | 439 | 63 | 164 | 340 | 346 | 367 | 470 | 399 | 420 | 1009 | 625 | 924 | 1466 | 1408 | 635 | 474 | 687 |
DX QSO's | 325 | 180 | 291 | 44 | 440 | 681 | 898 | 1486 | 1914 | 2211 | 1149 | 939 | 138 | 195 | 135 | 259 | 278 | 450 | 699 | 689 | 1981 | 1874 | 2271 | 2087 | 1389 | 529 | 233 | 444 |
Days DX Wkd | 92 | 52 | 67 | 41 | 233 | 365 | 366 | 365 | 365 | 331 | 146 | 198 | 34 | 41 | 43 | 36 | 45 | 43 | 64 | 70 | 113 | 152 | 301 | 208 | 168 | 124 | 76 | 129 |
AF QSO's | 10 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 35 | 39 | 59 | 67 | 66 | 44 | 49 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 31 | 35 | 25 | 56 | 47 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 18 |
AS QSO's | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 40 | 28 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 64 | 37 | 95 | 77 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
EU QSO's | 207 | 89 | 155 | 11 | 192 | 222 | 393 | 954 | 1359 | 1572 | 829 | 514 | 81 | 92 | 51 | 79 | 136 | 241 | 390 | 439 | 1606 | 1565 | 1751 | 1592 | 1019 | 242 | 30 | 152 |
OC QSO's | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 37 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
SA QSO's | 20 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 76 | 125 | 139 | 116 | 130 | 158 | 89 | 110 | 13 | 10 | 24 | 42 | 36 | 62 | 96 | 68 | 93 | 73 | 96 | 115 | 72 | 76 | 47 | 70 |
Pfx's Worked | 403 | 314 | 365 | 153 | 345 | 429 | 538 | 686 | 846 | 923 | 753 | 696 | 269 | 350 | 368 | 398 | 402 | 520 | 531 | 531 | 841 | 779 | 922 | 965 | 818 | 614 | 515 | 663 |