[3830] WPX SSB N3UM SO(TS)AB HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, SSB

Call: N3UM
Operator(s): N3UM
Station: N3UM

Class: SO(TS)AB HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 22

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:   24
   40:   58
   20:  614
   15:  169
   10:     
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Total:  865  Prefixes = 507  Total Score = 1,099,683

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

This year 20 meters carried the load: 71%  of the QSOs, 64% of the QSO points, 

and 68% of the prefix multipliers.  Good rates on 20 m. both afternoons EST. 
On 15 meters, fair rates Sat. AM but very poor Sun. AM EST.  Until Sun.
afternoon, I de-emphasized W/K/N stations: when S&P I skipped any  that 
were not new multipliers, and when running I never pointed the beam west,
working only the US stations that could get through off the back or side.  
Then, in the last few hours of Sun. afternoon, I put the beam west and went 
for W/K/N stations as hard as I could, run and S&P.  This strategy worked 
well: I kept up a 60/hour rate most of Sun. afternoon, which was a 
great cure for the usual Sun. PM droop.  Worked 11 of the 14 VE provinces 
and territories without much effort: where ARE those guys during SS and 
160 contests?  I tend to take SSB WPX at a more relaxed pace than the 
winter contests; it's spring: went to a concert Fri., took a walk Sat., and 
put the genoa on our sailboat Sun.


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