Call Busts and Reverse Busts in CQ WW, 2012

This is the eighth 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 
• 2009 
• 2010
• 2011 

2012 SSB -- Most Busts
Position	Call	QSOs	Busts	% Busts
1	EE1W	9,271	206	2.2
2	HK1NA	16,780	197	1.2
3	HG1S	11,702	164	1.4
4	CN3A	13,973	155	1.1
5	A73A	11,336	150	1.3
6	ZW5B	10,775	148	1.4
7	OT5A	12,900	139	1.1
8	PT2CM	6,090	137	2.2
9	RT6A	6,752	127	1.9
10	Z38N	12,240	124	1.0

2012 SSB -- Most Reverse Busts
Position	Call	QSOs	Reverse Busts	% Reverse Busts
1	CW90A	1,815	424	23.4
2	DF0HQ	13,662	303	2.2
3	JA5FDJ	8,924	212	2.4
4	HK1NA	16,780	200	1.2
5	HG1S	11,702	190	1.6
6	JA3YBK	7,740	180	2.3
7	S52ZW	6,536	157	2.4
8	VK2IM	2,387	153	6.4
9	LR3M	6,417	150	2.3
10	K3LR	13,913	145	1.0

2012 SSB -- Highest Percentage of Busts (≥100 QSOs)
Position	Call	QSOs	% Busts
1	YO7LYM	184	15.8
2	PU8TLS	108	13.9
3	WA3RGH	164	12.2
4	RK0SM	159	11.9
5	OH1TS	127	11.8
6	KJ7NL	119	11.8
7	KD8CWP	105	11.4
8	SP9IBJ	309	11.3
9	W2UDT	119	10.9
10	CO2RVA	167	10.8

2012 SSB -- Highest Percentage of Reverse Busts (≥100 QSOs)
Position	Call	QSOs	% Reverse Busts
1	TA2YA	508	26.8
2	CE6VMO	381	25.7
3	CW90A	1,815	23.4
4	BH1LKO	110	19.1
5	BH1MHI	163	15.3
6	BA8AG	1,011	12.2
7	SA5BUE	127	11.8
8	KF5CXG	254	10.6
9	VK4FAAS	227	10.6
10	K4GOP	141	9.9

2012 CW -- Most Busts
Position	Call	QSOs	Busts	% Busts
1	D4C	21,969	243	1.1
2	HG1S	8,814	219	2.5
3	PI4CC	7,857	191	2.4
4	F6KOP	8,514	191	2.2
5	PV8ADI	1,814	184	10.1
6	HK1NA	16,385	181	1.1
7	PT2CM	6,741	172	2.6
8	Z38N	14,022	158	1.1
9	PJ2T	12,322	157	1.3
10	C5A	18,645	152	0.8

2012 CW -- Most Reverse Busts
Position	Call	QSOs	Reverse Busts	% Reverse Busts
1	DF0HQ	10,812	345	3.2
2	JS3CTQ	3,330	326	9.8
3	IT9UCW	378	311	82.3
4	JF1NHD	3,072	254	8.3
5	6V7V	8,295	227	3.0
6	Z60WW	6,778	239	3.5
7	ED9Z	8,199	236	2.9
8	DR1A	12,569	231	1.8
9	PW7T	9,574	213	2.2
10	UA5B	4,259	208	4.9

In tables of reverse busts, one sometimes finds what seems like an unreasonable number of reverse busts (as, in this table, for IT9UCW). 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 station's log.

2012 CW -- Highest Percentage of Busts (≥100 QSOs)
Position	Call	QSOs	% Busts
1	YO7LYM	200	17.5
2	SP2AEK	330	16.2
3	K8CMO	119	16.0
4	EA2GC	279	15.4
5	W4RJC	191	15.2
6	W5LEW	102	14.7
7	UY5MR	354	14.7
8	UR4LIN	130	14.6
9	W6DAS	135	14.1
10	IV3DLW/P	146	13.7

2012 CW -- Highest Percentage of Reverse Busts (≥100 QSOs)
Position	Call	QSOs	% Reverse Busts
1	IT9UCW	378	82.3
2	BG8BSX	108	13.0
3	K4XDB	108	12.0
4	WE6EZ	151	11.3
5	KH2D	136	11.0
6	JS3CTQ	3,330	9.8
7	UY7IS	250	9.6
8	JS6RGY	1,427	9.3
9	W5LEW	102	8.8
10	IK2XRW	151	8.6