CQ WPX RTTY Contest - 2022
Call: K3CCR
Operator(s): N3UM W5MPB
Station: K3CCR
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 31
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 57
40: 297
20: 407
15: 156
10:
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Total: 917 Prefixes = 533 Total Score = 1,423,110
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. With 2
HPAs again, N3UM and W5MPB did Multi-2 in 2022 CQ WPX RTTY.
Our goal was to beat the 2/20 K3CCR M-2 WPX claim of 1.49 M by
N3UM and W3GB. We came close; 1.42 M. We got more Qs and mults
this year, but 382 fewer Q pts on 80 M due to Kp of 3-4, bad QSB,
and S-7+ QRN.
At 0Z start N3UM did ~OK on 40 M; 133 Qs in 3.6 hrs, 91 in
2 runs, 18 & 38 Qs at 55/hr. He quit at 0337Z to be back early.
Bad luck kept W5MPB to 72 Qs by QRT; K3 setup issue held him to
16 Qs on 20 M, bad condx allowed only 33 80-M Qs, then 40 M was
good for 23 Qs by 0548Z QRT.
On 20 M 1221-1616Z N3UM got 131 Qs slow but steady, mostly EUs,
54 of them in 2 runs, 18 and 36 Qs.
>From 1535-2233Z on 15 M W5MPB had some good luck. He got 142 Qs in 7
hrs with short breaks, many EUs early and SAs later plus KH6 and JA.
N3UM ran at 50/hr for 76 of 93 Qs 1835-2059Z, his best run. From
2333-0047Z N3UM ran for 22 of 46 Qs on 40 M. On 80 M condx were
still bad; he scraped up 24 Qs 0103-0151Z, with 5 EUs and 1 NA.
W5MPB got 37 40-M Qs 0149Z to 0418Z QRT, with 12 EUs.
Sun. was slow; 1445-1622Z N3UM got 59 20-M Qs, 49 in 2 short
runs. W5MPB then did 20 M 1641-2251Z for 106 Qs; many EUs early,
SAs later. N3UM 1948-2140Z got 19 Qs on 40 and 14 on 15 M. W5MPB
got 39 last Qs on 40 M 2254-2359, with 8 EUs.
DX ctys are not WPX mults, but show condx by bands; we got 11 ctys on
80 M, 53 on 40 M, 57 on 20 M, and 41 on 15 M. Sunspots, welcome back.
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