TABLE 1. DXAnywhere Spots per Band.
TABLE 2. DXAnywhere Total Spots.
TABLE 3. 73s QSO Graph.Software developers are pushing ham radio's innovation envelope from inside the shack. DXAnywhere (
link) and 73s (
link) recently launched social graphs quantifying our connection and level of activity. We are ascending an era of log and spotting visualization thanks to ham radio operators like Peter, M3PHP, Paul, M0TZO, and Chris, N7ICE.
What am I learning from the data?
DXAnywhere.First, one notes a definite spotting trend in
Table 1 that is RadioSport and DXpedition drive ham radio's activity. Additionally, we are subtracting time from our budget and allocating this resource across Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Secondly, in
Table 1 a numerical value is assigned to each band noting number of spots. Wherein, activity ebbs and flows in relationship to variables like RadioSport, DXpedition, and day of week.
Subsequently, a dramatic spike in
Table's 1 and
2 suggest a significant relationship between RadioSport, DXpedition, and general ham radio activity. Is casual operating waning in favor of RadioSport and/or DXpedition activity? Is RadioSport and DXpedition driving ham radio's overall spectrum usage?
Yes is my answer. Ham radio is a social activity but not an all inclusive one. Perhaps our 21st Century ham radio operator prefers packet like conversation which mirrors one's interaction with mobile internet devices (MID). Text messaging, instant messaging, and mobile technology is shaping operator interaction in the first quarter of this century.
Lastly, a numerical spotting assignment is an interesting variable in terms of value assigned to in-demand entities. Furthermore, one can deduce the influence of propagation on spectrum space such as 15m or 20m as well.
73s.My thought goes directly to bubbles in a cluster. Chris continues improving 73s social graph to include future uploading of ADIF files. Perhaps, in effect, our first visual database of ham radio social interaction is under construction.
One may begin to deduce frequency of interaction with other ham radio operators. Additionally, the data may suggest for example in RadioSport; an operator's productive QSO market, frequency of interaction within that space, or the influence of propagation, type of social event, and DXpedition activity.
What is notable is the visual presentation of 73s social graph. We like to say, "The House of 73s is putting the sizzle in Ham radio's bacon."
HamRadio 2.0I have a motto at Twitter (
link) for
[31] following by KA3DRR. We collaborate. We communicate. We create. And I believe, some of the finest, most energetic minds are now collaborating, communicating, and creating. Ham radio operators like Peter, M3PHP, Paul, M0TZO, and Chris, N7ICE are working diligently for the future of our great hobby.
73 from the shackadelic.
