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Interpreting the Reports

A guide to finding the "Winning Margin" in your data.

Interactive Animation

The animation allows you to replay the contest hour-by-hour to visualize momentum shifts.

  • Top Chart (The Horse Race): Cumulative score progression. Watch for "crossover events" where leads change.
  • Bottom-Left (Hourly Rates): Moment-to-moment action grouped by station and stacked by mode.
  • Bottom-Right (Cumulative by Band): Shows which bands were most productive over the entire event.
Play / Pause

Control the flow of time.

Time Slider

"Scrub" back and forth to inspect specific hours (e.g., sunrise/sunset).

Hover Data

Mouse over any bar to see the exact QSO counts for that hour.

Visualizations (Plots & Charts)
Cumulative Difference Plots

The most powerful tool for head-to-head analysis. It visualizes the "Zero Line" of competition.

  • Above Zero: You (Log 1) are building a lead.
  • Below Zero: You are falling behind.
  • Slope: Indicates momentum. A steep upward slope means you are gaining points faster than your competitor.
  • Run/S&P Lines: The chart breaks down the advantage. Is the lead coming from superior Running (Green line) or better S&P (Blue line)?
QSO Breakdown Chart (Unique vs. Common)

Isolates where the battle was won.

  • Common (Center): Stations worked by both logs.
  • Unique (Sides): The differentiators.
    • Unique Run: Indicates superior signal strength or a better "Run" frequency.
    • Unique S&P: Indicates superior tuning agility (finding weak stations the other missed).
Point Contribution Breakdown

Shows where your points came from (Pie Chart).

  • In contests like CQ WW, high-value (3-point) QSOs are critical. This chart reveals if a competitor beat you by focusing on high-value DX despite having fewer total QSOs.
Rate Comparisons (QSO & Point)

Standard cumulative line graphs showing the "Horse Race."

  • Steep Slope: High rate/activity.
  • Plateau: Off-time or dead bands.
Comparative Activity Timeline

A "Paired Timeline" showing minute-by-minute activity.

  • Color Code: Run (Green), S&P (Blue), Mixed (Gray).
  • Use this to see who was active during a specific band opening and what strategy they were using.
Text Reports (Deep Dive)
Score Summaries

Comprehensive summaries broken down by band.

  • AVG: Average Points per QSO. An AVG close to 3.0 (in DX contests) indicates a strong focus on inter-continental QSOs.
  • Comparative Score Report: Interleaves data from multiple logs for direct band-by-band comparison.
Hourly Rate Sheets

Follows a "Drill-Down" structure.

  • Executive Summary: All-band hourly totals.
  • Band Details: Specific breakdowns (e.g., "Detail: 20M") showing Mode splits (CW/PH) per hour.
Missed Multipliers

The "Checklist" of costly missed opportunities.

  • Lists multipliers worked by at least one person in the group but missed by others.
  • (Run) vs (S&P): Shows how the competitor worked it. If they worked a rare mult via (Run), it called them. If via (S&P), they found it.
Multiplier Breakdown (Group Par)

Benchmarking against the group's potential.

  • Total Worked (Par): The total number of unique multipliers found by the entire group combined.
  • Delta: How far a specific station is from the Par. A negative number indicates missed opportunities that were present on the band (because someone else worked them).
Continent Reports

Geographic analysis.

  • Continent Breakdown: Shows Run/S&P splits per continent. Did you Run Europeans while S&P-ing Africans?