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