[Moon] ARRL EME Contest Rules

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Gentlemen,

I compiled the past winning scores for single operators operating on a single-band from the period 1999-2008 from the ARRL published results on www.arrl.org/contests

My observations (but please make your own independant conclusions):

1) In 2005, the Assisted category was added.  It appears it has had the effect of splitting up the 144Mhz winning station into 2-4 winners.  However, if you average the winning scores, you will end up with a score comparable to the single non-Assisted score prior to 2005.

2) Winning station operated Assisted mode 3 out of last 4 years.  However, the # of stations reporting 10 or more QSO's is about the same as before 2005.

3) Activity on 432Mhz has severely declined since 2003 but is almost exclusively unassisted / CW.

4) Activity on 1296Mhz has been very steady over years and almost exclusively unassisted / CW.  Majority of stations are operating unassisted, but a few assisted stations are posting comparable scores since the category was added in 2005.


Here is the list I compiled:

ARRL EME Contest Results 1999-2008 for Single Operator / Single Band

Winning score for each Class is listed followed by the # of stations completing
at least 10 QSO's in ().

Year  144Mhz        432Mhz        1296Mhz        Class
----- ------------  ------------  ------------   ----------------------
2008  57x28    (4)  66x30   (10)  102x43  (13)   Single, Analog
      68x37   (12)                               Single, Digital
      175x67   (3)                43x25   (1)    Single, Mixed
      317x91  (36)                15x12   (1)    Single, Mixed Assisted

2007  77x37   (12)  72x32   (16)  89x40   (14)   Single, Analog
      173x72  (14)  1x1     (0)                  Single, Digital
      301x87  (10)                17x12   (1)    Single, Mixed
      197x68  (27)  24x22   (1)   117x44  (1)    Single, Mixed Assisted

2006  240x71  (29)  76x35   (10)  90x40   (17)   Single, Mixed
      76x35   (10)  30x24   (3)   90x39   (3)    Single, Mixed Assisted

2005  179x58  (16)  83x37   (11)  95x45   (16)   Single, Mixed
      207x67  (35)  13x10   (1)   80x40   (1)    Single, Mixed Assisted

2004  169x67  (31)  84x36   (14)  75x41   (15)   Single

2003  250x54  (42) 106x38   (17)  82x32   (13)   Single
                                             
2002  161x45  (29)  77x32   (23)  63x29   (13)   Single

2001  226x52  (56) 106x36   (26)  85x35   (20)   Single

2000  281x58  (54) 118x38   (28)   98x35  (23)   Single

1999  320x60  (85) 118x35   (25)   75x33  (18)   Single


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