[3830] CQ160 CW K3CCR Multi-Op HP

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                    CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW - 2020

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

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

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 644  State/Prov = 52  Countries = 60  Total Score = 305,536

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 Jan. 2020 CQ WW 160 CW, as we 
have since 2016. Our goal was to beat our best claimed score of 
236.1 K in 2018. It was exciting to blow past that and claim 
305.5 K, due to amazing propagation to EU; 146 EU Qs at 10 
pts/Q = 1460 QSO pts, 53% of our total. In 2018 we were happy 
with 61 EU Qs. 

In the first 4 hr. 22-02Z N3UM ran for 283 Qs, then clicked spots 
for 21 more in the last 15 min. He got 11 10-pt Qs, 795 pts, and 
40 of our 52 St/Pv mults, out to ND and AZ. 

At 02Z W3GB took over and did well for 1 hr, 128 Q pts and 13 Cty 
mults. But after 03Z his rate was ruined by strong varying multi-
carrier modulated QRM, probably AM broadcast intermod. He pushed 
on until 06Z for 177 more Q pts and 11 more cty mults. 

QRV again 22-02Z W3GB found the AM BC IM gone. By 00Z he had made 
12 10-pt Qs, 204 Q pts, and 3 mults. Then 00-02Z loud EUs poured in, 
many S-7 to S-9, and W3GB got 47 10-pt. Qs, 242 and then 264 
Q pts/hr, and 10 Cty mults, clicking spots. 

N3UM continued that 02-04Z; he got 45 10-pt. Qs, 287 and then 229 
Q pts/hr, and 13 mults. After 04Z rate to EU dropped, so N3UM ran 
and clicked spots mostly below 1810 kHz and got 81 2-pt. W/K Qs 
plus ID, WY, and MB, but “only” 22 10-pt. Qs and 2 Cty mults. 

Compared with 2018 we claimed a 29% higher score with 2.6 
fewer BIC hrs. and 63 fewer Qs, due to 4.2 vs 3.1 avg. pts/QSO. 
We got 37 EU ctys, 11 NA, and 12 others. Missed NE, SD, NV, and WA.


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