[3830] WPX CW K3CCR(N3UM) SOAB HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, CW - 2023

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

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 22

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:   24
   40:  238
   20:  420
   15:  211
   10:   27
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Total:  920  Prefixes = 552  Total Score = 1,732,176

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. As the 
only CW op I (N3UM) did SOHP Assisted in 2023 WPX CW. I hoped to 
beat the 740 Qs and claimed 1.03 M I got in ’22 WPX CW. I did 
that, with 1.3 X the QSO pts, 1.3 X the pfxs, and 1.7 X the 
score in 1.3 X the BIC hrs. SFI of 155 and Kp of 1-3 helped, and 
made hrs on more fun and less tiring. 

At start on 20 M 00-0142Z I ran for 105 Qs at 62/hr, then clicked 
spots for 57 more 0143-0237Z. Then on 40 M 0254 to 0458Z QRT I got 
118 Qs, 85 of them in a run at 81/hr. I did not run again. Rate with 
6-pt Qs on 40 M was great to the end, so I quit to sleep and return 
early without trying 80 M. 

Back 1215-1258Z I got just 25 20-M Qs, 20 for 3 pts. Better on 15 M; 
I got 109 Qs 1300-1530Z, 54/hr, mostly EUs, and quit for lunch. 

Back 1818-2101Z I hopped between high bands for 3-pt Qs as bandmaps 
cleared and refilled. On 15 M, I got 27 Qs by 1853Z, then on 20 M 
36 Qs by 2010Z, back to 15 M for 11 Qs in 15 min, then 10 M for 22 Qs 
in 26 min, 20 of them in SA, and quit for supper. 

Back on 20 M at 23Z I got 36 EU Qs by 2341Z; ~OK. But, 2343-00Z 
no more EUs; 13 1-pt W/Ks, plus 7 in NA and SA. Much better on 40 M; 
0011-0207Z, 118 Qs, 61 hr, many 6-pt EUs. Then rate died; 2 Qs 
in 13 min. On 80 M 0226-0253Z I got 24 Qs and 99 pts 0224-0253Z, 
then quit to get 6 hrs sleep and return early. 

Back on 1153-1526Z I got the usual slow Sun. rates; 44 on 20 M, 59 on 
15 M, then 8 on 20 M, a total of 111 Qs in 3.5 hrs. The Qs were a mix 
of 1, 2, and 3-pointers. 

After lunch 1807-2143Z I scraped up 85 Qs on 20 M + 5 each 
on 15 and 10 M. At 2143Z the band maps were cleared and slow to 
refill, and I had done well. I quit then to avoid a late supper.


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