KL2R is well into our seventh year of operations. A look back at a few numbers shows how much we have grown. The QSO breakdown is rather telling if you know a bit about our history:
2006 54 1324 62.24 37.76 0.00
2007 88 4314 59.41 30.81 9.78
2008 97 4360 40.83 25.14 34.04
2009 90 5472 50.16 32.42 17.42
2010 146 9654 61.34 19.83 18.83
2011 152 8616 43.80 34.81 21.39
2012 154 12739 49.50 21.40 29.10
2013 62 2263 72.91 0.09 27.00
Total 210 48742 52.45 25.32 22.24
The station wasn't even on the air until fall of 2006, and of course 2013 is just getting started. So we can ignore those outliers and see steady growth in terms of QSO counts and DXCC countries worked over 2007-2012. We didn't even have an amp in full-time service until late 2011! The numbers correlate strongly with propagation, technical improvements in the shack, and increasing operator skill/experience.
As we go over the hump toward the next solar minimum, I believe the numbers will still be quite respectable.
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