CQWW WPX Contest, CW
Call: K3CCR
Operator(s): N3UM W3GB
Station: K3CCR
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 49
40: 334
20: 431
15: 63
10:
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Total: 877 Prefixes = 595 Total Score = 1,777,860
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 the 2018 WPX CW N3UM and W3GB
operated Multi-2. We put in 24 hr. BIC despite multiple non-ham-radio
obligations.
Conditions were very good, SFI 73-75 vs. forecast of 69. As a result we got
20m. Qs in most corners of the world (JA, VK, ZL, LU, UA9, 4J, HZ), and 15m. Qs
in 7 EU ctys and 10 SA ctys including 25 PYs. And, 40m. was wide open into the
wee hours, not going long and weak after dark as it has so often this season.
In contrast 80 m. was not very productive, maybe partly because many ops stayed
with 40.
To start we did well, 302 Qs and 265 mults in the first 4 hr, 94 of the Qs
running on 40m. and the rest clicking spots on 20 and 40m. Then until QRT at
0520Z we got 47 Qs and 39 mults, most on 80m. but a few on 40 and 20.
Sat. 15Z N3UM got on 20m. and worked EUs for 2 hr, again 1910-1950Z, till
thunderstorms forced QRT. Got 92 Qs running on 20m. 00-0126Z, then more
clicking spots on 20, 40, and 80m till 0440Z QRT.
W3GB got on 20m. early Sun. 0930-1215Z and worked EUs, and N3UM did the same
14-1530Z. Both of us were on for most of the last 7 hr. 17-24Z. We got all of
our 15m. Qs then, plus lots of low-number fresh-meat ops. We were pleased to
claim 1.78 M points, much better than our last M-2 effort in 2016 when we
claimed 1.21 M points in 24 hr BIC.
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