[3830] WPX SSB K3CCR M/2 HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, SSB

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

Class: M/2 HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 25.7

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:  231
   40:  189
   20:  391
   15:   83
   10:   16
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Total:  910  Prefixes = 523  Total Score = 1,190,871

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 Multi-2 for 25.7 hrs, and as hoped we got a  
much better score than we did in 2017 in 13.2 hrs. We were on 20 
and 40m at the 0Z start, then 40 and 80 after the first hr. Good 
rates did not last on 40m. But 80m was good till 04Z, and 20m 
12-16Z Sat. AM. The whole contest was like that; very good rates 
and mult totals on 20, good on 80, briefly OK on 40. 

A pleasant surprise to get 11% of our Qs and 10% of our mults on 
15 and 10m., nearly all with SA and Caribbean countries. On 160, 
SWR of our T antenna went offscale on initial PA tuneup ~03Z and 
never came back. 

0n 80 thru 20 we tried often to “Run ‘Em!”; sometimes 
we could. First good run was 51 Qs in 1 hr. 1820-1920Z Sat. on 
20 m. by N3UM; peak of 81/hr for 22 min did not last. Then 2231- 
2303 Sat. W3GB ran on 20 at 75/hr, 40 Qs in 31 min.  Next N3UM 
ran on 80m. for 129 Qs 0109-0226 Sun, 101/hr.  He clicked a spot 
and QSY’d to work W4MYA, and didn’t lose the run freq.  Yes! 

W3GB made 3 more runs on 40 m. of 14 to 31 Qs.  In all we made 
309 Qs running, 34% of our total. When runs died, clicking spots 
was, well, spotty, worth maybe another 1/3 of Qs. S&P found many 
calls not spotted. Worked 87 countries including JA and A6.


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