[3830] CQWW VHF K3CCR Multi-Op LP

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CQ Worldwide VHF Contest

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

Class: Multi-Op LP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 7.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:   95    48
    2:   15     8
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Total:  110    56  Total Score = 7,000

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.  N3UM 
and W3GB operated in the July 2017 CQ VHF, W3GB for ~2 hr 
starting 19Z Sat. due to non-ham commitments.  

Moderate 6 m. Eskip was there at the 18 Z start; DM99, EL87, 
and EM12 in 15 min, then 9 skip Qs in 8 grids before Es died 
at 1905 Z. Also got 25 LOS/tropo Qs on 6 and 2, 18-2036 Z, 
then that died too. 

Took a break, had supper, and came back to find 6 m. jumping. 
Made 40 Es Qs in 35 grids, 27 new, in 3 hr starting 23 Z, plus 
8 LOS/tropo Qs. Only 2 Qs were on 2 m but one of those was in 
FN41, ~350 miles away. 

On Sun. just before 14Z, made 4 Qs in 5 min. CQing on 6, but 
all 4 were within LOS, also looking for skip, and also finding 
none. The rest of Sun. was dead slow on both bands; a total 
18 Qs, just ONE via Es, in EM26 at 1716 Z. 

Our 48 grids on 6 m. was just 2 short of VHCC (VHF Half-Century 
Club).  Still, activity level seemed low.  We made just 1 QSO 
in 27 of our 36 skip grids, 4 Qs in the Kansas City grid, 3 each 
in Denver and St. Louis grids, and 2 in a few other grids. 

LOS/tropo activity died on both bands whenever Es was not either 
present or expected (e.g. at 14 Z Sun.)


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