ARRL DX Contest, SSB - 2021
Call: K3CCR
Operator(s): N3UM W3GB
Station: K3CCR
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 31
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 10 8
80: 83 43
40: 199 66
20: 499 90
15: 112 36
10: 4 2
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Total: 907 245 Total Score = 666,645
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. N3UM and
W3GB operated Multi-2 in 2021 ARRL DX SSB.
We tried to beat our best past result, in 2020, but could not.
Doing 1.24X as many BIC hrs got us 125 more Qs on 40 and 20 M,
1.22X as many as in 2020. But, Kp of 3 or 4 in many dark hours
meant we got 61 fewer Qs and 37 fewer mults on 160 and 80 M than
we did in 2020. In the end, 1.08X as many Qs and 0.84X as many
mults gave a claimed score 0.91X that of 2020.
The first 3 hrs 00-03Z hinted at the future; N3UM got 85 Qs on 40 M,
while W3GB got a quick 15 Qs on 20 M and then just 25 Qs on 80 M by
his QRT at 03Z to sleep and return early. N3UM stayed till 06Z and
got just 50 more Qs in 3 hrs; 28 on 80 M, 12 on 40 M, and a pitiful
10 Qs on 160 M, 50/3 = 17 Qs/hr.
>From 1230-1512Z W3GB got nearly 3X that rate, 125 Qs on 20 M. He
then got 45 Qs on 15 M by 1638Z, while N3UM took 20 M and got
39 Qs, 15 in a short run.
After lunch 19-02Z we QSYd whenever runs or spots ran out. W3GB
got 111 Qs on 15, 20, and 40 M. N3UM got 71 Qs on 20, 40, and
80 M till 02Z.
Low bands were poor late, as they were 24 hrs. before for N3UM.
By his 0510Z QRT W3GB got just 27 Qs on 80 and 40 M.
>From 1226-1522Z on 20 M N3UM ran for 92 Qs at 78/hr, and did
spots for 47 more, mostly EUs. From 1516-1742Z W3GB got 35 Qs on
20 M and 13 on 15 M.
The last 6 hrs 18-24Z we QSYd when rate died, as on Sat, and got
127 total Qs, 6 on 80 M and even 4 on 10 M. W3GB got 48.5% of our
total QSOs, but 59% of total mults.
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