2011 is certainly down from previous years.....just for interest here is a table of first time DXCC worked since 1974 for my current total of 178. Bumper years for me 85-86. Antenna at the time was a shunt fed 40ft tower with 203BA and three folded shunt feed wires plus a top loading wire. No rx antenna. 2002-2011 52ft Inv L. Two different city lots.
73 Frank VO1HP First Time DXCC worked 74-3 75-0 76-6 77-2 78-0 79-6 80-1 81-6 82-1 83-2 84-0 85-19 86-31 87-5 1988-1997 QRT 98-3 1999-2001 QRT 02-10 Inv L 03-6 04-2 05-10 06-17 07-8 08-15 including JA - no further JA since. First season using K9AY. 09-8 10-14 11-3 VP8ORK, T32C, TL0CW _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK