Part 1 discussed the raw numbers with my first year on HF. Part 2 broke the numbers down by DXCC. This post will look at the numbers by band and mode for my first year of HF operating. I made 7,500 contacts in my first year, many of which took place during contests. By band, here’s the breakdown:
| Band | # Contacts |
| 20 m | 3944 |
| 40 m | 1914 |
| 80 m | 1445 |
| 15 m | 131 |
| 10 m | 29 |
| 17 m | 23 |
| 30 m | 13 |
| 12 m | 1 |
The breakdown by mode results in:
| Mode | # Contacts |
| RTTY | 4200 |
| SSB | 2233 |
| CW | 943 |
| PSK31 | 75 |
| PSK125 | 48 |
| SSTV | 1 |
The top band/mode combination, by nearly twice as many logged as the next band/mode combination is 20 meter RTTY at 2,169 logged contacts.
I’ll report on additional stats in upcoming posts.
73,
K2DSL