[3830] ARRLDX CW K3CCR M/2 HP

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Mon Mar 20 15:00:19 EDT 2017


ARRL DX Contest, CW

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

Class: M/2 HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 35.3

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:   30    25
   80:  195    72
   40:  458    96
   20:  560    97
   15:  191    70
   10:   35    14
-------------------
Total: 1469   374  Total Score = 1,647,096

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 
2017 ARRL DX CW both N3UM and W3GB operated full time M/2 Assisted 
in K3ZO's "Senior Citizen Mode" (meals on a dining table, not the 
operating desk, and 6 vs 3 or 4 hrs. sleep each night).  

We had at  least one radio on for 35 hrs, 2 radios for over 1/3 of 
that time. For the first 2 hr 00-02Z N3UM ran on 40 m. while W3GB 
clicked and pounced on spots (C&P) on 20.  Combined rate was slow, 
54-58/hr, and only 69/hr 03-04Z with N3UM still on 40 and W3GB on 
80 m. W3GB quit at 0403Z to sleep while N3UM took the low-band late 
shift till QRT at  0645Z. He got a few mults on 40 and 160, but 80 
was great; 74 Qs in 65 min, 67/hr, all C&P. 

On the early shift Sat. 
W3GB got 112 Qs and 45 mults C&P on 20 m. 1211-1513Z, then 97 Qs 
on 15. Great 15 m. results with SFI only 78 and 71 of the Qs made 
using the 40 m. inv-V on its 3rd harmonic.  N3UM ran on 20 for 100 
Qs in 1.1 hr. starting 1654Z. Rate then slow till dark except for 
one good run on 40, 69 Qs in 1 hr. starting 2020Z. After dark OK 
rates on 40 and 80, 2 ops.  After 04Z W3GB did 80 and 160 on the 
late shift till QRT at 0645Z. 

Starting 1209Z Sun. N3UM had a good 
EU run on 20m., 185 Qs in 2 hr. but only 3 mults. Both of us then 
did fairly well C&P on 15 and even 10m. till 20Z.  In the last 4 
hr. we scraped up 111 Qs, 70 of them on 40 m. 

Final results pleased us, mults especially: 96% of DXCC on 2 bands, 
70% on 2 others. Got Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Guernsey, Tuvalu, Cocos, 
and VK on 40 m. only, plus 4 of 8 ZLs on 40! Mali, Cameroon, UN, 
and JA, 20 m. only.


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