K3WWP's Yearly QRP Stats

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Yearly Stats

To sum it all up in one short succinct statement, I believe comparing stats for each year shows the sunspot cycle fairly accurately. 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 years in my case. 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 cycle in the stats in the tables below.

I chose 1995 as the starting year because that was the first full year of my streak and ensured I was on the air each of the 365 days of that year and all the days in each of the following years through the present. That would make the yearly comparisons more equal.

When the table became too wide to prevent sideways scrolling, I split the table into two segments with the latest years from 2015 to the present at top and the earlier years from 1995-2014 at the bottom.

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.

At some point, 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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Ave Daily SF	191	159	125	82	74	70	70	77	89	118
Cntrys Worked	110	96	69	54	65	21	80	86	114	118
10 M Cntrys	68	51	6	1	6	0	0	1	24	53
12 M Cntrys	16	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	20
15 M Cntrys	79	59	40	31	43	0	15	46	69	80
17 M Cntrys	23	27	10	1	1	0	8	20	32	53
20 M Cntrys	64	60	52	44	51	16	65	62	81	92
Tot QSO's	1477	1646	2104	940	989	422	917	1609	1734	1975
Test QSO's	739	611	1570	522	575	60	405	906	969	1146
Non-Test QSO's	738	1035	534	418	414	362	512	703	765	829
6 M QSO's	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
10 M QSO's	241	190	21	8	24	0	0	1	36	143
12 M QSO's	21	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	26
15 M QSO's	307	171	126	92	172	0	18	104	224	394
17 M QSO's	42	64	13	3	1	0	12	29	53	101
20 M QSO's	301	429	569	302	295	56	301	307	390	539
DX QSO's	843	632	325	180	291	44	440	681	898	1486
Days DX Wkd	171	160	92	52	67	41	233	365	366	365
AF QSO's	53	40	10	6	16	4	17	35	39	59
AS QSO's	29	31	6	0	5	0	4	0	4	38
EU QSO's	539	306	207	89	155	11	192	222	393	954
OC QSO's	15	21	4	0	2	0	1	12	18	21
SA QSO's	82	86	20	23	26	10	76	125	139	116
Pfx's Worked	580	539	403	314	365	153	345	429	538	686

Category	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995
Ave Daily SF	146	123	120	113	80	71	69	73	80	92	106	129	180	182	179	154	118	81	72	77
Cntrys Worked	131	130	121	120	68	69	57	68	76	90	99	102	127	126	149	137	123	101	67	98
10 M Cntrys	85	73	43	67	0	0	3	0	0	12	31	57	91	90	97	87	68	11	3	2
12 M Cntrys	42	26	22	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	8	28	50	41	23	5	1	1
15 M Cntrys	90	93	79	78	37	10	3	19	31	60	77	73	102	83	90	85	77	67	43	52
17 M Cntrys	63	62	35	40	5	1	0	0	1	3	8	9	10	11	55	40	31	19	6	23
20 M Cntrys	100	95	93	89	29	51	44	58	65	69	66	56	86	77	92	101	99	60	36	51
Tot QSO's	2837	3624	2731	2573	1219	1561	2003	2158	1905	2341	2112	2204	3962	3386	4168	5615	4553	3898	3941	4777
Test QSO's	1812	2545	1829	1579	687	1126	1541	1688	1380	1918	1701	1772	3489	2815	3332	4719	3854	3216	3209	3476
Non-Test QSO's	1025	1079	902	994	531	435	462	470	525	423	411	432	473	571	836	896	699	682	732	1301
6 M QSO's	1	2	0	2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 M QSO's	581	441	117	264	0	0	91	0	0	21	135	294	980	1083	1112	938	529	65	49	138
12 M QSO's	65	35	24	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	14	32	71	57	30	6	4	7
15 M QSO's	489	667	417	269	53	32	77	41	62	241	389	384	938	630	904	848	631	429	179	416
17 M QSO's	144	144	55	66	5	1	0	3	2	3	8	13	24	23	85	63	48	26	25	103
20 M QSO's	802	1103	726	439	63	164	340	346	367	470	399	420	1009	625	924	1466	1408	635	474	687
DX QSO's	1914	2211	1149	939	138	195	135	259	278	450	699	689	1981	1874	2271	2087	1389	529	233	444
Days DX Wkd	365	331	146	198	34	41	43	36	45	43	64	70	113	152	301	208	168	124	76	129
AF QSO's	67	66	44	49	5	9	7	23	9	12	23	31	35	25	56	47	24	15	8	18
AS QSO's	49	58	40	28	1	14	0	2	0	4	2	5	64	37	95	77	47	8	5	2
EU QSO's	1359	1572	829	514	81	92	51	79	136	241	390	439	1606	1565	1751	1592	1019	242	30	152
OC QSO's	34	31	12	29	3	8	1	4	3	1	3	4	16	23	37	28	18	3	3	8
SA QSO's	130	158	89	110	13	10	24	42	36	62	96	68	93	73	96	115	72	76	47	70
Pfx's Worked	846	923	753	696	269	350	368	398	402	520	531	531	841	779	922	965	818	614	515	663