Call Busts and Reverse Busts in CQ WW, 2008

This is the fourth 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

2008 SSB -- Most Busts
Position	Call	QSOs	Busts	% Busts
1	EB1WW	5,394	178	3.3
2	ZW5B	5,861	125	2.1
3	OT5A	8,862	124	1.4
4	HG1S	5,588	111	2.0
5	YV4A	6,983	105	1.5
6	DF0HQ	9,883	101	1.0
7	TM1O	4,091	99	2.4
8	TC7KA	3,166	96	3.0
9	PI4ZI	6,267	90	1.4
10	AO5B	4,696	85	1.8

2008 SSB -- Most Reverse Busts
Position	Call	QSOs	Reverse Busts	% Reverse Busts
1	DF0HQ	9,883	138	1.4
2	OG50F	2,796	135	4.8
3	GM2T	2,977	133	4.5
4	JR5VHU	4,988	97	1.9
5	WE3C	5,799	97	1.7
6	HB0/HB9AON	6,239	92	1.5
7	IZ6FXP	2,246	91	4.1
8	AO8A	10,868	90	0.8
9	AM3SSB	6,150	85	1.4
10	SV9CVY	6,823	83	1.2

2008 SSB -- Highest Percentage of Busts (≥100 QSOs)
Position	Call	QSOs	% Busts
1	UA3RJH	128	14.8
2	PV8DR	155	11.6
3	WA3RGH	131	11.5
4	BD3JC	105	11.4
5	NP3HM	109	11.0
6	UT0EO	302	10.3
7	UN7TW	103	9.7
8	LZ1PSH	105	9.5
9	EA7HHV	101	8.9
10	EW8ZO	135	8.9

2008 SSB -- Highest Percentage of Reverse Busts (≥100 QSOs)
Position	Call	QSOs	% Reverse Busts
1	BG1VCR	129	9.3
2	KB7TJP	133	9.0
3	G0VDZ	224	8.5
4	W9ZRX	285	8.4
5	M3PHP	101	7.9
6	PA2CVD	204	7.4
7	EA4ERZ	111	7.2
8	YU5M	837	6.9
9	W8GOC	138	6.5
10	J43J	125	6.4

2008 CW -- Most Busts
Position	Call	QSOs	Busts	% Busts
1	HG1S	6,170	123	2.0
2	ZM1A	4,486	112	2.5
3	CT9L	11,609	109	0.9
4	EA8ZS	4,164	105	2.5
5	OT4A	2,615	104	4.0
6	RC3W	3,333	103	3.1
7	ZW5B	5,067	99	2.0
8	ZY7C	3,572	94	2.6
9	UA3R	4,199	93	2.2
10	HC8N	13,811	92	0.7

2008 CW -- Most Reverse Busts
Position	Call	QSOs	Reverse Busts	% Reverse Busts
1	HA8FW	1,256	900	71.7
2	EE2W	9,429	396	4.2
3	Y03FFF	348	283	81.3
4	5K0T	5,677	271	4.8
5	DF0HQ	9,643	256	2.7
6	OG50F	5,879	213	3.6
7	L1TPY	222	188	84.7
8	5P3WW	4,625	183	4.0
9	IR4X	6,844	163	2.4
10	G0ORH	1,354	147	10.9

In tables of reverse busts, one sometimes finds what seems like an unreasonable number of reverse busts (as, in this table, for L1TPY, Y03FFF and HA8FW). 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.

2008 CW -- Highest Percentage of Busts (≥100 QSOs)
Position	Call	QSOs	% Busts
1	YU1ADO	268	20.5
2	UT5KL	144	18.8
3	WA2JQK	358	17.0
4	EA3AKA	130	16.9
5	EA4WD	205	16.1
6	UY7LM	300	14.7
7	IK3JBP	100	14.0
8	AB4SF	130	13.8
9	XE1AY	261	13.4
10	VE2GHI	158	13.3

2008 CW -- Highest Percentage of Reverse Busts (≥100 QSOs)
Position	Call	QSOs	% Reverse Busts
1	L1TPY	222	84.7
2	Y03FFF	348	11.3
3	HA8FW	1,256	71.7
4	SO9R	140	17.9
5	B4VE	682	12.2
6	G0ORH	1,354	10.9
7	W4SEC	114	10.5
8	OS0S	136	10.3
9	JS3CTQ	853	10.1
10	YB2DDL	113	9.7