[3830] NAQP SSB K3CCR M/2 LP

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                    North American QSO Party, SSB - August

Call: K3CCR
Operator(s): N3UM W3GB KB3QVC
Station: K3CCR

Class: M/2 LP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 10

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:           
   80:  180    25
   40:  164    36
   20:   28    11
   15:           
   10:           
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Total:  372    72  Total Score = 26,784

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Team: 

Comments:

K3CCR is the club station at the Collington continuing-care 
retirement community at FM 18OW in MD, just east of DC. N3UM, 
W3GB, and guest op Zory KB3VQC did M2 in the 8/18 NAQP SSB. 
Zory came here since WA3EKL where he usually operates was dark. 
With 3 ops we enjoyed being able to take meal and rest breaks 
and not lose any Qs. 

Conditions were bad, weak signals on 20m. and loud QRN from 
T-storms near and far, S3 to S5 on 40m. and S9+ on 80m. 

>From 18-19Z we ran on 40m. but got just 28 Qs, then only 14 Qs 
on 40 from 19-20Z. It was worse on 20m, sigs weak, never could 
run; 18 Qs 18-19Z, 7 from 19-20Z, and just 3 Qs later. KS was 
our furthest west on 20 except for one weak AZ QSO. From 20-23Z, 
80, 40, and 20m. were all poor: we got just 60 QS total in 3 
hours! But, the next 3 hrs. 23-02Z were good, 172 Qs total on 80 
and 40 m. Made some runs on 80m, but all were brief, 20 or fewer 
QSOs.  Last 2 hr. were ~OK on 80 and 40m, 75 total Qs, but then 
rates died and we quit at 04Z. 

How bad were the bands? This year 372 QSOs and 72 mults in 10 hrs. 
with 3 ops. Last year 462 Qs and 95 mults in 7.3 hrs. with 2 ops. 
THAT’s how bad things were.


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