Reverse NILs in CQ WW: 2008

The basic notion of reverse NILs (rNILs; or, I suppose, RNILs) is described here, along with a description of a simple script for calculating rNILs for CQ WW contests and the result of applying that code to the contests for 2005. See also the comments at the end of that post.

Here are the results for 2008:

2008 SSB:

Callsign	Total rQSOs	Total rNILs
EW8KY	1522	859
WC2L	807	805
W1DX	1344	646
YY1MTX	593	587
FM5AN	721	515
RZ1ZZ	1119	457
S57RTH	879	416
VE3JAQ	693	405
VA3YP	840	396
ZV2K	570	391

Callsign	Total rQSOs	Total rNILs	% rNILs
WC2L	807	805	99.8
VU2SWS	376	375	99.7
F4FHI	226	225	99.6
PP5TR	199	198	99.5
WA3RHW	138	137	99.3
N3UA	99	98	99.0
YY1MTX	593	587	99.0
F4CGJ	94	93	98.9
EA4LU	271	268	98.9
EA6UP	179	177	98.9

Callsign	Total rQSOs with Ws	rNILs against Ws
NR5M	233	73
N7DD	75	46
K7ZSD	119	39
N0NI	75	28
KI7M	49	23
W1DX	47	19
N2IC	82	18
N4T	176	15
K9RS	56	13
K3LR	241	12

Callsign	Total rQSOs with Ws	Total rNILs against Ws	% rNILs against Ws
N7DD	75	46	61.3
KI7M	49	23	46.9
W1DX	47	19	40.4
N0NI	75	28	37.3
K7ZSD	119	39	32.8
NR5M	233	73	31.3
K9RS	56	13	23.2
N2IC	82	18	22.0
W7WA	31	6	19.4
K7DSL	28	5	17.9

2008 CW:

Callsign	Total rQSOs	Total rNILs
VU2PAI	661	653
Z33A	743	579
RV9MZ	530	529
IS0HQJ	474	437
JE1ZWT	778	430
OK1KZ	424	362
S57Z	1308	327
K9CJ	309	301
7X0RY	1299	282
RN4LL	280	279

Callsign	Total rQSOs	Total rNILs	% rNILs
RV9MZ	530	529	99.8
RN4LL	280	279	99.6
RZ0SO	256	255	99.6
KP2BH	207	206	99.5
SN3A	122	121	99.2
VU2PAI	661	653	98.8
K9CJ	309	301	97.4
SM0KV	62	60	96.8
N8NOE	140	133	95.0
KI4TZ	130	123	94.6

Callsign	Total rQSOs with Ws	rNILs against Ws
NR5M	241	41
N7UA	86	27
N0NI	79	24
N8NOE	26	23
KV0Q	30	20
NQ4I	209	16
K1TTT	143	12
K3LR	205	11
K9RS	42	11
W3LPL	175	9

Callsign	Total rQSOs with Ws	Total rNILs against Ws	% rNILs against Ws
N8NOE	26	23	88.5
KV0Q	30	20	66.7
N7UA	86	27	31.4
N0NI	79	24	30.4
K9RS	42	11	26.2
W2FU	36	7	19.4
NR5M	241	41	17.0
K3ZM	40	6	15.0
K1KI	39	5	12.8
K6XX	27	3	11.1

By now the pattern is obvious: if the first one or two entries in the fourth column of the fourth or eighth table are noticeably higher than the values on lower rows, it might have been a good idea for the CQ WW Contest Committee to have examined the relevant logs to make sure that everything was in order and that there was no unsportsmanlike conduct taking place in the form of logs missing QSOs that had in fact taken place, and therefore penalising other stations by causing them to record NILs.

The first few entries in the second and sixth tables should probably also have been examined, to try to understand why the values in the fourth column were so high -- almost always these seem to be due to obvious logging errors, though.