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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.

Category2022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998199719961995
Ave Daily SF125827470707789118146123120113807169738092106129180182179154118817277
Cntrys Worked695465218086114118131130121120686957687690991021271261491371231016798
10 M Cntrys6160012453857343670030012315791909787681132
12 M Cntrys2000002204226222700000049828504123511
15 M Cntrys4031430154669809093797837103193160777310283908577674352
17 M Cntrys1011082032536362354051001389101155403119623
20 M Cntrys5244511665628192100959389295144586569665686779210199603651
Tot QSO's210494098942291716091734197528373624273125731219156120032158190523412112220439623386416856154553389839414777
Test QSO's15705225756040590696911461812254518291579687112615411688138019181701177234892815333247193854321632093476
Non-Test QSO's534418414362512703765829102510799029945314354624705254234114324735718368966996827321301
6 M QSO's000000011120200230000000000000
10 M QSO's218240013614358144111726400910021135294980108311129385296549138
12 M QSO's20000022665352435000000491432715730647
15 M QSO's126921720181042243944896674172695332774162241389384938630904848631429179416
17 M QSO's13310122953101144144556651032381324238563482625103
20 M QSO's56930229556301307390539802110372643963164340346367470399420100962592414661408635474687
DX QSO's32518029144440681898148619142211114993913819513525927845069968919811874227120871389529233444
Days DX Wkd92526741233365366365365331146198344143364543647011315230120816812476129
AF QSO's1061641735395967664449597239122331352556472415818
AS QSO's605040438495840281140204256437957747852
EU QSO's207891551119222239395413591572829514819251791362413904391606156517511592101924230152
OC QSO's4020112182134311229381431341623372818338
SA QSO's202326107612513911613015889110131024423662966893739611572764770
Pfx's Worked403314365153345429538686846923753696269350368398402520531531841779922965818614515663