ARRL DX Contest, SSB - 2020
Call: K3CCR
Operator(s): N3UM W3GB
Station: K3CCR
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 25.1
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 29 26
80: 125 62
40: 161 65
20: 412 92
15: 116 45
10:
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Total: 843 290 Total Score = 733,410
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
K3CCR is the club station at the Collington continuing-care
retirement community at FM 18OW in MD, just east of DC. N3UM and
W3GB operated Multi-2 HP in ARRL SSB 2020.
Our goal was to beat our best past ARRL SSB result, in 2017. We
did that, and had fun; condx and activity were good, and we had
two radios on for ~half of our 25 total hrs.
At the 00Z start W3GB got on 40m. and did well, 123 Qs by 0533Z QRT.
N3UM got 122 Qs by QRT; 19 on 20m, 85 on 80m, and 18 on 160m. We
tried CQing with ~no answers thru heavy QRM, but got decent rates
and 139 mults clicking spots and tuning.
Sat. 14-18Z W3GB got 92 Qs on 20m. while N3UM got 66 Qs on 15m. At 18Z
we had 226 mults, 78% of our 290 final total after 37% of total hrs on.
>From 18-2213Z we zig-zagged between 15 and 20m with offset breaks to
eat; W3GB got 67 Qs and N3UM 36 Qs for 103 total, 76 of these on 20m.
After dark Sat. we found the low bands slow and full of dupes; W3GB
got 32 Qs on 40m, N3UM got 40 Qs on 80m. and 11 on 160m, but we got
34 more mults by 0407Z QRT.
Sun. AM W3GB was away. N3UM found great condx to EU on 20m; he got
38 Qs clicking spots in 36 min, 1329-1405Z. He then ran 1411-1508Z
for 91 Qs in 57 min, 96/hr, and clicked for 21 more Qs by 1542Z.
After that, a typical slow Sun. PM. W3GB got on 20m. at 1645Z and
made 78 Qs, 18 in our only other run. N3UM got a last 20 Qs on 15m.
after 19Z.
At 22Z, there was no one left to work; bandmaps clear, CQs not
answered, so we went QRT. We claimed 843 Qs and a 733.4K score vs our
best past result of 765 Qs and a 612.8K score in 2017. We were amazed
to get 116 Qs and 45 countries on 15m including KH6, ZL, and 6 EUs
with 100 W to a backup C3 beam on a low tower, and no sunspots!
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