Ohio QSO Party - 2022
Call: W3HKK
Operator(s): W3HKK
Station: W3HKK
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: LICK
Operating Time (hrs): 7.8
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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80: 99 42
40: 159 2
20: 46 0
15: 0 0
10: 2 0
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Total: 306 44 CW Mults = 89 Ph Mults = 37 Total Score = 82,656
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
Unable to join the boys at WW8OH (LICK) so worked from the home station.
Worst daylight cndx I can recall, with very few stns heard during the 1st hour
( which is usually good for a very high rate)
Took a few naps, frequent breaks, and finally a 2 hr snooze. As sunset neared
sigs began to pick up in strength and number. The 8 pm hour was good for an
actual rate of 104 Q's, and a decent rate continued thru midnight, despite
fairly heavy QRN. CW was a logical option as you can see by the mode QSO
totals.
Can only imagine how tough it was for the /m and /r boys. Didnt hear MR until
the evening even though I was looking for him.
* I entered my 160m qsos in the 10m summary line as there were no 15/10m QSOs
made from this qth.
For the faint of heart, they missed a very nice comeback by 80/40m once the
sun set. Signals miraculously popped through the QRN and the contest was
( belatedly) on!
Didnt see a club entry option for COOKEN so entered it under MRRC. Meanwhile
WW8OH cw/ssb stations also battled the cndx from Ellas Park (LICK) as a second
option for working LICK.
W3HKK SUMMARY:
OTA 7.8 hrs
52 OH Counties (59%) and 43 other distinct Mults plus 2 DX Q's, and just a
couple of VE's.
DX: Mighty OM2VL made it into the log despite minimal DX being heard here due
to poor daytime cndx and medium high QRN at night.
Max Rate= 104Q/hr ( act) at 0000z hr
40m was the top band for Q's, closely followed by 80m, with 20m a distant 3rd
and 160m 4th with just 2 Q's.
I need to color in my Ohio County Map to see where the ones were that I didnt
work.
Thanks to MRRC for another terrific contest ( although I thought my antennas had
fallen down when I couldnt see any sigs on the bandscope for much of the
afternoon.
See you next year.
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