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[3830] ARRL June VHF K3CCR(N3UM) Single Op LP

To: 3830@contesting.com, benn3um@comcast.net
Subject: [3830] ARRL June VHF K3CCR(N3UM) Single Op LP
From: webform@b4h.net
Reply-to: benn3um@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 02:40:53 +0000
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ARRL June VHF Contest

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

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: FM18
Operating Time (hrs): 9

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
    6:  132    43
    2:   17     8
  222:           
  432:   13     8
  903:           
  1.2:           
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
-------------------
Total:  162    59  Total Score = 10,325

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 
June 2017 ARRL VHF only I (N3UM) was available to operate. 

I missed the first 1.5 hr. due to a welcome visit from family. 
>From 1930-2040, VHF was nearly dead: I got only 8 Qs on 6 m., 
no E skip, 4 Qs each on 2 and 0.7 m, and quit.  

Back at 23Z to 0230Z I got 9 to 19 Qs/hr on 6 m, LOS plus thin and 
erratic E skip; 4 grids in EN, then 3 in EM and 1 in EL, and just 2 
to 4 Qs/hr total on 2 and 0.7 m. The pattern continued Sun. morning; 
a total of 6 to 12 Qs/hr., mostly on 6 m., with just 7 more new 
skip grids.  All bands silent after 1830Z; I took a long break. 

Back at 2340Z, found (at last) strong sustained E skip underway. 
Before QRT at 0130Z I got 30 Qs and 11 new skip grids on 6 m. 
CW, plus 7 Qs and 2 new skip grids on 6 m. SSB.  In all I got 
53 Qs in 30 grids on Es, 34 of the Qs and half the grids on CW. 

CW activity on 6 m. was quite high.  Besides the skip Qs, I got 
a lot of calls from very weak 6m. CW and SSB stations in FM18 
and FM19. This may represent lots of hams with HF+6m. radios 
trying the Magic Band using HF or makeshift 6 m. antennas.  Great!


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