CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW - 2023
Call: K3CCR
Operator(s): N3UM
Station: K3CCR
Class: Single Op Assisted HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 15.8
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 727 State/Prov = 54 Countries = 40 Total Score = 215,166
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. As the
only CW op I (N3UM) did SOHP Assisted in the 2023 CQ 160 CW test.
I hoped to beat the 2018 707-QSO best total W3GB and I got doing
M-1 HP 2016-2021. I did that, with 727 Qs. BUT, my 215 K score
claim was 3rd, after 236 K in 2018 and 306 K in 2020. Why? We got
52 Cty mults in 2018 and 60 in 2020, vs my 40 in 2023. I got 35 Cty
mults with great condx the 1st night, but just 5 with ~OK condx the
2nd night. And, I got 59 10-pt Qs the 1st night, but 27 the 2nd night.
At start I ran 22-2352Z for 159 Qs in 1.8 hrs, 87/hr, plus 32
St/Pv mults out to MN & IA. I then clicked spots for 4 EUs and
PJ2T in 5 min, 2254-2259Z, then 00-01Z I got 52 Qs, 12 EU and SA
Cty mults, and 5 St/Pv mults.
I ran at 79/hr for 43 of 60 Qs and 4 mults 01-02Z. Then from 02 to
0555Z QRT I clicked at 27-37/hr for 127 Qs, 10 St/Pv mults out to SK,
WA, AB, & OR, 40 10-pt Qs, and 17 Cty mults; KH6 (!) and many EUs.
The 2nd night, 2134-0604Z, I got 5 fast but short runs, 50-75/hr but
only 11 to 34 Qs, plus one of 60 Qs in 1 hr. When rate died I worked
all good spots, and then ran again. I got 4 last St/Pv mults by 0210Z;
MS, NE, PE, & NM. The last 5 Cty mults were IG9 & LY 22-00Z, YL at
0410Z, and UR and UA 05-06Z. I got 324 Qs the 2nd night, but 87% were
W/K. I missed ND, SD, DC, and NV, plus MB, BC, and the 3 NTs in VE.
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