[3830] CQ160 SSB K3CCR Multi-Op HP

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                    CQ 160-Meter Contest, SSB

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

Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 16.7

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 494  State/Prov = 50  Countries = 17  Total Score = 82,276

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 did Multi-Op HP in the 2018 CQ 160 SSB. Activity was 
high; sigs were loud out to ~1000 miles, but never beyond except 
for 3 hr. after 0443Z Sat. 

To start N3UM ran 2200-0152Z and got 200 QSOs and 33 “easy” 
St/Pv mults; all 26 states E of the MS river, 4 just W, and 3 VE Pv. 
Tuning till 2011Z got 21 more Qs plus CO, NM, ND, and C6. This 
pattern of alternate run/tune worked well for both of us after that 
first surge; Telnet spots were few and of limited use. 

W3GB took the late shift 2015-0830Z, tuned for a few mults and ran 
at 61/hr. for 48 Qs 0328-0415Z. He then made excellent use of that 
one 3-hr. DX opening. Starting 0443Z he got 13 of our 17 cty. mults; 
6 EU, 4 NA, 2 SA, and 1 OC (KH6), plus 13 more St/Pv mults including 
“hard” ones AZ, CA, UT, ID, MT, and AB. He ran for 14 Qs 0650-0716Z, 
tuned for a few more, and got an XE mult at 0830 QRT with totals of 
338 Qs, 875 Q points, and 64 mults. 

Sun. we started late (0036Z) due to non-ham commitments and doing 
NAQP RTTY. W3GB tuned a bit, then ran for 49 Qs 0140-0301Z. N3UM did 
the late shift 0320-0644 and got slow but steady rates, mostly tuning; 
18, 20, 20, and 20 Qs in the last 4 clock hrs, and mults SK, VP2M, and YV.
Unlike W3GB 24 hrs. before he heard no whisper of EU or US W.-coast sigs. 
Few to no non-dupes left to work after 0645. 

We missed SD, OK, NV, OR, WA, WY, and 7 VE Pv but got far more Qs, 
Q points, mults, and claimed sore than either of us ever got before 
in CQ 160 SSB.


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