[3830] WPX SSB K3CCR M/2 HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, SSB - 2021

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

Class: M/2 HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 36

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:  345
   40:  406
   20:  524
   15:   92
   10:     
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Total: 1367  Prefixes = 697  Total Score = 2,291,736

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. In WPX 
SSB 2021 N3UM and W3GB operated HP Multi-2. 

Our goal was to beat our best WPX SSB result of 1252 Qs and 
2.03M claimed score in 2020. But, we worried about SWPC forecast 
Ap of 25 and Kp of 3-5 for Sun. this year. Hah; SWPC was wrong. 
Kp was >1 for only 9 of 48 hrs, only a bit worse than 2020. 
So, we met our goal; 1.07X as many Q points and 1.06X as many 
mults for 1.13X our 2020 claimed score. It helped that we put in 
1.3X our 3/20 BIC hours. 

At start 00-03Z N3UM got 30 Qs on 20 M, then ran for 132 of 170 Qs 
on 80 M and quit to sleep and return early. W3GB got 86 Qs on 40 M 
00-04Z, then ran for 76 of 106 Qs on 80 M by 0622Z QRT. 

N3UM 12-15Z got 116 Qs on 20 M and 12 on 15 M. W3GB 15-22Z got 
135 Qs on 15 and 20 M, then 130 Qs on 40 M by his 0310Z QRT. N3UM 
got 46 Qs on 40 M by his 0520Z QRT, but only 69 Qs on 80 M 01-05Z. 
So, Kp=4 21-06Z slowed 40 M but ruined 80 M. 

W3GB Sun. 1130-16Z got 54 Qs on 20 M and 35 Qs on 15 M. We both 
did 40 and 20 M with offset breaks till 24Z, and worked some 
JAs and a BA.


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