CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: N3UM
Operator(s): N3UM
Station: N3UM
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 16
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 680 State/Prov = 54 Countries = 23 Total Score = 133,441
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
My lowest claimed score in the last 7 years of doing
CQ WW 160 CW from this QTH with the same antenna:
133.4 K this year vs my previous low of 154.3 K in 2007, and
between 174.6 K and 237.5 K in the other 5 years. Equipment,
operator, and hours in the chair were the about same in all years.
The low score this year was due entirely to poor propagation
to EU the first night. I made 8 DX QSOs the first night, only
ONE in EU, and 7 DX mults. The second night was much better to
EU, more typical: 26 EU QSOs and 15 EU mults, but there was
simply no way to make up for that very poor first night. U.S.
results were fine both nights: after the first night I was
short only 6 of the contiguous states (LA and the Pacific
Northwest), and found 4 of those the second night, missing
only WY and ID. In the last 7 years I've missed between 1
and 3 of the contiguous states, so missing 2 was average
for me. Also within the average range were total W/K QSOs,
VE QSOs and provinces, and total QSOs. But, with 15 fewer
EU countries and 3 fewer other DX mults and 80 to 250 fewer
QSO points than in any of the past 7 years, the low score
this year was inevitable.
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
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