CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY - 2023
Call: K3CCR
Operator(s): N3UM
Station: K3CCR
Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 23.3
Summary:
Band QSOs State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 10 8 4 4
40: 154 27 58 15
20: 311 37 73 26
15: 184 13 80 22
10: 73 8 49 18
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Total: 732 93 264 85 Total Score = 801,346
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. In the
9/23 CQ WW RTTY test, I (N3UM) operated SOHP Assisted. W5MPB was
away, so we could not do M-2 as we did in 2021.
I hoped to beat the 529 Qs and 238 mults I got in 9/21. I did that,
with 732 Qs and 442 total mults, vs M-2 totals of 713 Qs & 367 mults.
SFI of 170 vs 95 helped.
Using Avail Mults & Qs 00-0107Z I got 41 Qs on 20 M, then 61 Qs on
40 M 0114-0247Z. On 80 M at 0257Z 3 sigs, 3 Qs in 3 min, & 7 mults.
After 12 more 40-M Qs I quit at 0323Z to return early.
On 20 M 1126-1226Z I got 34 Qs, 17 EU ctys + YB, & 5 Zns. Hot on 15 M
1233-1523; I got 109 Qs at 38.5/hr & 59 ctys, most EU, & quit to eat.
Back 1809-1912Z I got 30 EU 20-M Qs, but only 3 ctys. On 15 M
1917-1939Z I got 9 Qs, 6 Zns, and 8 ctys on 5 continents.
At 1946Z, 1 20-M Q, then a bad computer crash; 35 min. to reboot &
restore. From 2021-2105Z, 26 20-M Qs & 6 mults, then a 2nd crash!
Not near as bad as the first, ~like a restart. With 2 radios &
computers, I had changed chairs to QSY. No more; turn off 1 radio,
and use its crashy computer only for Telnet and backup storage;
it did FB till QRT, no more crashes.
Back on 40 M 2334-0008Z I beamed West and ran; 24 Qs, 13 St/Pv.
Then 0014-0133Z, 41 more 40-M Qs, 10 Sts, & 9 ctys in EU, SA, & NA.
West on 20 M 0147-0245 I got 27 Qs & 11 St/Pv, + HI, AK, A4, & ZS.
In 25 min. on 40 M I got 16 Qs & 8 mults; two tries on 80 m got a
pitiful 7 Qs & 9 mults in 12 min. by 0343Z QRT.
Back at 1234Z on 20 M, I got 28 Qs & ll mults with JA & VK in 1 hr,
then 36 15-M Qs & 12 mults in 1.1 hr. I went to 10 M at 1448Z.
Wow; 49 Qs in 1.1 hr, 5 Zns, 40 Ctys (21 in EU!), + UT, WA, & AB.
VOACAP had said NO EU via F2. I broke to eat, then got 24 more 10-M
Qs & 17 mults by 19Z. In hindsight, I shoulda done 10 M on Sat, too!
To 15 M at 19Z for 1.2 hrs; got 30 Qs & 12 mults. For my last 3.5 hrs,
20 M was good. I got 39 EU Qs & 5 ctys, 2020-2121Z. At 2140Z I beamed
West and ran, 40/hr for 43 Qs. Got 10 St/Pv, then none for 20 min.
So, I clicked in the Band Map for 43 Qs & 6 St/Pv, 2253 to 2351Z QRT.
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