Of the 100 or so 20m CW contacts I’ve made since the beginning of the year, only one of them has been with a woman. And even that one’s questionable. The name I was given is “Toni,” and while that’s generally a nickname for Antonia, I can’t really be sure that Toni is a woman.

Here’s a breakdown:

• 8 instances: Bill, Jim
• 5 instances: Dick
• 4 instances: Bob, John
• 3 instances: Bruce, Dan, Dave, Doug, Larry
• 2 instances: Dennis, Don, George, Phil, Tony
• 1 instance: Alain, Bud, Card, Conrad, Ed, Earl, Ernie, Evan, Fred, Fritz, Gene, Glen, Gordon, Greg, Hector, Jason, Jeff, Jerry, Jiggs, Joe, Jon, Karl, Ken, Lee, Mal, Marcel, Mark, Maurice, Mike, Norm, Orin, Orv, Ralph, Rich, Rick, Rob, Ron, Roger, Roy, Skip, Ted, Toni, Tripp

Admittedly, this wasn’t a scientific study, but one thing I’m surprised about is that there were only four Johns in this poll. Another odd factoid: Dennis only appears in this list because I worked both of them today, one right after the other.

Seriously, though, where are the women?