[3830] CQWW VHF K3CCR(N3UM) SOAB LP

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CQ Worldwide VHF Contest

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

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:  53     22
    2:  20     10
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Total:  73     32  Total Score = 2,976

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. For 
CQ VHF only N3UM was available to operate.  

Slow at start: 19 QSOs in 1.7 hr. BIC, 16 of them in FM18 or 
FM19! The other 3 Qs: EM10 on 6 m. skip and 2 LOS grids on 2 m. 
VHF rate then went from Slow to Stop, so I did NAQP RTTY on 
20 m. for an hour. I had planned a "quick" supper break, but 
severe thunderstorms extended that to 3.3 hrs.  

Back on VHF at 0Z, SOME action at last on 6: 17 Qs in 40 min, 
7 on E skip in 5 EN grids.  Rate then died again, so I did 1.5 
hr. on 40 and 80 m. RTTY. 

Sun. morning in 1 hr. starting 1413 Z I made 12 Qs, 4 in new 
Es grids.  Only 3 local Qs after a long brunch break: nap time! 
Action again in the last 2 hrs: 19 Qs, 5 new skip grids plus 
3 new LOS/tropo grids on 2 m.  Only 5 hr. total BIC on VHF. 

I was pleased to work 15 Es grids and 7 LOS grids on 6 with the 
40 m. Inv V on 7th harmonic, many on CW. When no skip, 6 and 2 
mostly local: 43 of 73 total Qs in FM18 or FM19! Many of the 
usual VHF stalwarts within LOS/tropo range were never heard.


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