CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: N3RR
Operator(s): N3RR
Station: N3RR
Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: USA MD
Operating Time (hrs): 31
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 29 7 14
80: 125 17 61
40: 169 25 77
20: 387 35 112
15: 477 33 114
10: 501 28 107
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Total: 1688 145 485 Total Score = 3,002,580
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
First, an overview.
All of my beam antennas are tuned for the CW portion of their bands. So, they
do not tune up very well in SSB portion. The higher up the band I go, the
worse it gets.
Plus, with two beams (lower 40 & upper 20) that would not rotate due to
ring rotor issues, I decided I needed to do something different in this
contest, especially if conditions were good and the bands were crowded, thus
increasing the constant SSB splatter that is so enjoyable.
So, I decided to operate SO2R "click & pounce" style.
I made:
88 Qs classic running, in three separate tries (62 minutes total) at trying
to find a clear run freq.
6 Qs S&P, classic "actual" tuning a radio dial, in the last
hour of the contest on 40m
1594 Qs clicking the N1MM-Classic band maps and available mult window.
I made 0 Qs in classic SO2R-style: running on one radio and working stations on
another band on the other radio.
I didn't even try doing that. SSB splatter is not something I enjoy listening
to.
By the way - I had great fun!
The only zone I missed was zone 34.
My best 60-minute rate was 144Qs/60-minutes by clicking the spots on each
bandmap SO2R-style, breaking the pileup (if any) & working the CQing
station.
That's how I operated 30 of my 31 operating hours.
73,
Bill N3RR
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