CQ WPX RTTY Contest - 2023
Call: K3CCR
Operator(s): N3UM W5MPB
Station: K3CCR
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 29
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 104
40: 307
20: 345
15: 304
10: 209
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Total: 1269 Prefixes = 639 Total Score = 2,268,450
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
W5MPB did Multi-2 in 2023 CQ WPX RTTY. Zero Signalink audio out
meant no K3 Tx (bad cable? TBD) so we used K3s and Orion backup.
M-2 is more fun than M-1.
We hoped to beat our 2022 WPX RTTY M-2 result of 917 Qs and 1.4 M
claimed. We did; 1.33 X the QSO pts, 1.2 X the mults, and 1.6 X the
score claim, in 29 vs 31 hrs BIC. High SFI of 212 helped; we got
5 fewer Qs on 80 thru 20 M this year, but 352 more Qs on 15 & 10 M!
At 0Z start N3UM on 40 M ran for 88 Qs, then clicked spots for 146
total at 0420Z and quit to return early. W5MPB clicked for 65 20-M
Qs, then 33 80-M Qs for a total of 98 at 0544Z QRT.
>From 1217Z Sat. N3UM ran at 42/hr for 29 of 71 Qs on 20 M + 5 on
40 M, and broke to eat at 16Z. W5MPB ran for 25 of 46 Qs on 15 M
1249-1427Z, then ran at 50/hr for 28 of 61 Qs on 10 M and broke to
eat at 1644Z.
>From 18-2050Z N3UM got 86 Qs on 15 M, 38 in a run at 60/hr. He then
got 26 Qs on 10 M and broke to eat at 2205Z. From 1830 W5MPB got 84 Qs
on 20 M, 16 running, and broke to eat at 2203Z. Back at 2321Z he
band-hopped for 32 20-M Qs, 34 15-M Qs, and 2 40-M Qs, then quit at
0235 to return early. From 2353-0215Z N3UM got 99 40-M Qs, 76 running
at 58/hr. Then 0221 to 0425Z QRT N3UM got 61 80-M Qs, 36 in 2 runs.
Sun. 1253-1702Z W5MPB got 68 Qs on 15 M + 40 Qs on 10 M and broke to
eat. N3UM 1419-1616Z got 34 20-M Qs and broke to eat.
Good rate 1824-23Z; 238 Qs, 52/hr. W5MPB got 63 Qs on 10 M
and 61 on 15 M, and N3UM got 59 Qs on 20 M and 55 on 40 M. Rate
died after 23Z; W5MPB got 9 Qs on 15 M + 9 on 10 M, and N3UM got
10 Qs on 80 M. We got 5 YBs, on 20 & 15 M. Sunspots are back.
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