[3830] ARRL 160 K3CCR M/S HP

[webform at b4h.net]

ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: K3CCR
Operator(s): N3UM W3GB
Station: K3CCR

Class: M/S HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 18.2

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 713  Sections = 69  Countries = 14  Total Score = 121,884

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. In the 
ARRL 160 N3UM and W3GB operated Multi-1 HP Assisted, each for 
~1/2 of our 18.2 hrs BIC. 

Propagation and activity were pretty good. N3UM ran at 65/hr 
22-00Z, then at 87/hr. 00-02Z; F and 6Y called him. 

W3GB then tuned and clicked spots for mults and always-CQing 
stations 02-0645Z; got 121 Qs and 15 mults, 4 DX plus our only 
Qs in rare PR, SK, and ND sections. 

Second night W3GB took the first shift 21-0130Z and got 109 Qs 
and 7 mults, 6 DX out to UA and UR plus rare MT. Then in 2 hr. 
starting 0209 N3UM was able  to run at 59/hr, a surprise so late 
in the test. He began clicking spots when rate dropped and 
scraped up 61 more Qs in 2.3 hr.  In all he got 10 late mults; 
DX FS and G and sects  BC, ID, EWA, NNY, MB, and WWA.  Got SV 
and ORG, CA at last, just before running out of un-worked calls 
at 0630.  

Together we got 59 US and 10 VE sections and 14 DX countries.  
Missed NE, WTX, WY, AK, PAC, NL, and NT, plus 7 of 9 CA sections. 
Our score was better than N3UM got as SOHP in 5 of 8 years 
2006-2013 with similar gear. Only in the sunspot-min. years 
2007-2009 with a weak D layer did he claim better than 122 K.


Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/