Call Busts and Reverse Busts in CQ WW, 2007

This is the third in a series of posts on busts and reverse busts in the CQ WW contests. These posts are based on the augmented versions of the CQ WW public logs.

Prior posts in the series:

• 2005
• 2006

2007 SSB -- Most Busts
Position	Call	QSOs	Busts	% Busts
1	1A3A	12,609	143	1.1
2	6Y1V	11,635	130	1.1
3	OT5A	9,852	129	1.3
4	LZ9W	9,461	128	1.4
5	LS2D	4,076	117	2.9
6	EB1WW	4,842	107	2.2
7	T93J	8,768	106	1.2
8	SV9GPV	3,334	94	2.8
9	OE2S	7,285	92	1.3
10	CQ9K	11,141	91	0.8

2007 SSB -- Most Reverse Busts
Position	Call	QSOs	Reverse Busts	% Reverse Busts
1	CU2A	6,539	247	3.8
2	DF0HQ	11,507	192	1.7
3	G2B	2,274	183	8.0
4	GM2T	5,839	152	2.6
5	OE2S	7,285	152	2.1
6	HE70FG	1,597	145	9.1
7	1A3A	12,609	128	1.0
8	J42WT	1,685	110	6.5
9	C50C	12,461	107	0.9
10	AO8A	12,793	103	0.8

2007 SSB -- Highest Percentage of Busts (≥100 QSOs)
Position	Call	QSOs	% Busts
1	RW9UY	140	15.0
2	EA8MQ	140	12.1
3	K8OT	201	10.9
4	UA6HFI	130	10.8
5	W1YK	106	9.4
6	N3TXH	101	8.9
7	YO7MGG	254	8.7
8	RA9SC	303	8.6
9	YO7LYM	117	8.5
10	EA8MQ	283	8.5

2007 SSB -- Highest Percentage of Reverse Busts (≥100 QSOs)
Position	Call	QSOs	% Reverse Busts
1	TA2IK	558	16.8
2	AN5CNK	137	10.2
3	DG8YHO	266	9.8
4	HE70FG	1597	9.1
5	GM3YS	946	9.0
6	RW9UY	140	8.6
7	G2B	2274	8.0
8	DL8ZVG	126	7.9
9	N3CHX	103	7.8
10	S58L	592	7.4

2007 CW -- Most Busts
Position	Call	QSOs	Busts	% Busts
1	EF8M	12,282	128	1.0
2	UT2II	1,825	108	5.9
3	J3A	10,171	106	1.0
4	ZY7C	5,726	105	1.8
5	RW3WWW	2,797	103	3.7
6	A71EM	4,583	100	2.2
7	HI3A	11,190	100	0.9
8	ED8A	9,895	99	1.0
9	OT5P	2,616	97	3.7
10	HG1S	5,233	96	1.8

2007 CW -- Most Reverse Busts
Position	Call	QSOs	Reverse Busts	% Reverse Busts
1	5J0A	5,856	501	8.6
2	CN3A	5,593	206	3.7
3	EE2W	7,588	193	2.5
4	IR4X	7,776	186	2.4
5	DF0HQ	9,227	177	1.9
6	RW6HX	3,224	157	4.9
7	IH9M	2,830	153	5.4
8	9K2HN	5,128	152	3.0
9	LU7HN	2,495	143	5.7
10	ED8A	9,895	141	1.4

2007 CW -- Highest Percentage of Busts (≥100 QSOs)
Position	Call	QSOs	% Busts
1	OH7YN	178	26.4
2	G4RKO	107	21.5
3	EA4WD	116	16.4
4	W7JI	191	15.2
5	ZS5NK	100	14.0
6	M5T	165	13.9
7	EA7OR	202	13.9
8	OH1BV	311	13.8
9	IK2YXP	206	13.1
10	F5RQQ	140	12.9

2007 CW -- Highest Percentage of Reverse Busts (≥100 QSOs)
Position	Call	QSOs	% Reverse Busts
1	NQ3N	118	39.8
2	KD4HXT/6	153	15.7
3	K4GHS	312	11.5
4	K4DGW	100	11.0
5	NX2PX/W4	114	10.5
6	SN9U	614	9.9
7	IK8SEU	151	9.9
8	KI4TZ	189	9.5
9	K3YG	114	8.8
10	LU5FZ/A	105	8.6

In tables of reverse busts, one sometimes finds what seems like an unreasonable number of reverse busts (as, in this table, for NQ3N). This is generally caused by a discrepancy between the call actually sent by the listed station and the one recorded as being sent in at least some QSOs in the log.