[3830] NAQP RTTY K3CCR M/2 LP

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                    North American QSO Party, RTTY - February

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

Class: M/2 LP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 6.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   80:           
   40:  105    38
   20:   52    23
   15:    3     2
   10:           
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Total:  160    63  Total Score = 10,080

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 and W3GB did Feb. 2018 NAQP RTTY Multi-Op, using 1 of the 2 
allowed transmitters, setting up ad using our other TX for CQ 160 SSB.

We do some RTTY to support PVRC, using AFSK, a Signalink, and an 
Orion, with the digital filter bandwidth at 400 Hz and PBT at +2 kHz 
to center the filter on the AFSK tones. This works well to keep strong 
off-freq. signals from capturing the AGC. 

In Feb. 2017 NAQP RTTY, bugs in this setup showed up at 
the last minute, then there were thunderstorms. This year the 
gear worked well and no storms, so we did much better, 160 vs 51 Qs. 

>From 18-22Z we made 90 QSOs, all but 3 on 20 and 40m.  We 
broke away to focus on CW 160 SSB until 0040, then N3UM made 70 
more RTTY Qs, 17 more sect mults, and XE before QRT at 0310Z. 

Propagation and activity were good on 20 and 40 m., especially 
to the west; we got 26 CA Qs and 15 in TX. We expect better RTTY 
scores in future NAQPs; now gear is working and ops are more skilled.


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