[3830] ARRL June VHF K3CCR(N3UM) Single Op LP

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ARRL June VHF Contest

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

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 9.7

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:   67    34
    2:   24    10
  222:           
  432:   11     5
  903:           
  1.2:           
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
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Total:  102    49  Total Score = 5,537

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 the 
June VHF test only I (N3UM) was available so I went SOLP. No 6 m.
E skip in the first 3 hr. Pace was slow and chatty, with only 
fair LOS activity 6 thru 0.7 m. and few grids. At 2330 Z after a 
supper break I heard strong VO1s and VE1s in GN29, GN37, and FN85 
on 6 but could not work any. I blamed the 40-m. inverted V we use 
on 6 until I saw that local big guns couldn't raise them either! 
Those VO1s had much better propagation to the midwest than to W3.
I finally got 3 skip Qs on CW in EN 57, 58, and 74 0220-0225 Z 
just before quitting to sleep. Sun. 14 Z and after there were 
lots of loud Es signals, but now most were workable. In the end 
67 of my 102 total Qs were on 6 m, and 30 of my 49 total grids 
were 6 m. Es. CW activity was great on 6: I got 37 of my 67 6-m. 
Qs and 18 of my 34 6-m. grids on CW. My last Es Q was at 0121 Z. 
I used our new K3S on 6.  The P3 band scope was great for finding 
new Qs given the searchlight/"whack-a-mole" varying E skip.


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