[3830] ARRL 160 K3CCR(N3UM) SO Unlimited HP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest - 2022

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

Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 12.8

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 679  Sections = 62  Countries = 9  Total Score = 98,355

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. For 2022 
ARRL 160 M, I (N3UM) was the only CW op available; I did SOHP U. 

My goal was to beat the 1.16 M score I claimed in 2021 ARRL 160. 
Nope; I got 1.02 X the QSO pts in 0.96 X the BIC hours, but 
0.83 X the total mults to claim 0.85 X my 2021 score. Why? 
The band was ~dead to EU or W6/W7 on the second night. 

At start I ran for 180 Qs 2202-2356Z, plus 43 sects; N to ONE, 
S to SFL, and W to MN and STX, but no DX. I then clicked spots 
0005-0210 and 0238-0254Z for 126 Qs + 15 mults, 6 DX (3 NA, 2 EU, 
1 SA) + 9 sects; S to VI & PR, W to AZ and MT. 

>From 0300-0347Z I ran at 69/hr for 54 Qs + NL, CO, & XE. Hoping to 
get more mults, I clicked spots 0348-0458Z and got some; UT, ND, OR, 
and 4 in CA plus 51 Qs. I ran for 10 Qs but no mults 0501-0510Z, 
and quit to sleep. At QRT I was +10 in Qs but -12 in mults vs 2021. 

Back on 2220-2338Z I ran for 104 Qs at 80/hr, with good sigs out 
to MN but no mults. To find mults, at 2348Z I clicked spots to 
clear the bandmap, ran, and clicked again. A few repeats of this 
got 84 Qs but just 2 DX mults by 0310Z; EA and ZF, very weak. 

Clicking 0311-0357Z got 19 last Qs and NV, very weak. I tried till 
0410Z, but got NO more Qs, run or click; band was so bad that most 
ops also quit early.


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