[3830] WPX SSB WE3C M/M HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, SSB

Call: WE3C
Operator(s): WE3C, W3FV, NN3Q, KQ3V, K3TUF, N3RD
Station: WE3C

Class: M/M HP
QTH: EPA
Operating Time (hrs): 47

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:   84
   80:  720
   40: 1892
   20: 2142
   15:  204
   10:   67
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Total: 5109  Prefixes = 1380  Total Score = 20,643,420

Club: Frankford Radio Club

Comments:

This is the largest score in the history of the WE3C station in any contest. 
The work anybody format and many multipliers make this event huge fun.  We had
a super time.

We began the contest with very limited operator availability and unknown
schedules, so we decided to enter the Mult-multi category. Fortunately, with a
little stretching of the committed times, we were able to keep at least two
radios running almost the entire contest.  There were no more than four
operators at the station at any time (one was usually sleeping). 

A tornado warning and a very scary hail storm shut us down hour 21 on Sunday. 
We had S meter needle pinning static for around 3 hours before and after the
storm.  Static crashes coming from the South and West made clean copy very
difficult the entire contest.  Sorry for the constant repeats.

160M was almost all S&P with short periods of run times.

80M was very difficult to get solid DX runs.

40M was our best volume of points per band.  The reduced QRM and less BCI was
great, although the 7125 to 7200 window was wall to wall CQers at times.

20M early openings were great with huge pileups and easy copy.  Later, QRM
levels increased and rates dropped.

15M never opened up to EU although we logged several stations skew path.

10M was mostly N/S with two EU stations worked.  We didn't staff this band full
time, so missed any US openings.

Accurate serial number copy slowed rates considerably during high QRM & QRN
levels.

Points    Avg.    1     2   3    4    6   Total Qs
160       3.46    39              9   36     84
80        3.15   381             74  265    720
40        3.39   958             70  864   1892
20        2.47   528   79 1535             2142
15        2.50    38   25  141              204
10        2.66    10    3   54               67
Total     2.94  1954  107 1730  153 1165   5109

Compared to other Multi-X stations:

K1LZ      3.31
WE3C      2.94
KD4D      2.57
NF4A      2.51
KI1G      2.47
NQ4I      2.21

Thanks to all the callers, the great competition and the sponsors for holding
this fantastic event!

A super special congratulations to the WE3C Team for the super outstanding
efforts and results!

73,

The WE3C Team
www.we3c.com


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