[NCC] NC8C (@K8RR) 2020 CQ WPX SSB SOAB HP

[Rod]

Call: NC8C


Operator(s): K8RR
Station: K8RR

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs): 29.7
Location: USA

| Summary:   Compare Scores |
| Band | QSOs |
| 160: | 9 |
| 80: | 186 |
| 40: | 830 |
| 20: | 150 |
| 15: | 1 |
| 10: | 0 |
| Total: | 1176 | Prefixes | 453 | Total Score | 900,564 |


 

Club: North Coast Contesters

| Comments:     [email]     2020-03-31 01:55:16 |
| 2020 CQ WPX SSB using North Coast Contest Club call, NC8C. Murphy visited on Friday evening to cause a slow and sporadic S&P start instead of running as planned. The benefit turned out be lots of high-point-value, low-band DX and rare prefix multipliers. Running was nearly impossible on 20 meters with a low wire dipole antenna. Good performing 160 and 80 meter vertical wires didn't make up for pretty poor band conditions here. But, the 40 meter vertical wire was the star performer, over 60 ground radials. Phasing the verticals with an Active Receive Vertical using the DXE-NCC-2 saved the weekend, taking received S7-S9 noise down as low as S3. I may have fallen short of my goal of over 1500 Qs, but results were reasonable, considering a surprise illness (not COVID-19) and the lack of a beam on a tower or even a high dipole for the high bands. A total of 1176 contacts for 1988 points with 453 unique prefixes is one of my highest scoring contests. Thanks for the Qs everyone. Please take care, be safe and stay well. 73, Rod K8RR |