CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB - 2021
Call: K3CCR
Operator(s): N3UM W5MPB
Station: K3CCR
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 29.7
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 10 4 3
80: 68 11 32
40: 135 28 53
20: 424 28 84
15: 169 23 75
10: 160 16 47
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Total: 966 97 294 Total Score = 1,059,219
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. N3UM and
W5MPB did Multi-2 HP in 2021 CQ SSB.
Our goal was to beat the pre-covid Multi-2 2019 CQ SSB score
claimed by N3UM and W3GB. But, magnetic storms with Kp from 5 up
to 7 (G3 HF blackout) were forecast for 24 hrs from 12Z Sat.
And, we had only 1 usable HPA.
We were pleased to get to 94% of the 2019 claim anyway. We know now
that Kp was 5 max 12-15Z Sun, and just 4 in 9 other hrs. And, W5MPB
got 39% of our Q points with 100 W vs 1.5 KW. We got 1.02 X the 2019
Q pts but 0.92 X the mults; typ. Kp of 3 to 4 meant 0.7 X our 2019
low-band mults. We got 78% of our Qs on high bands; SFI was 108.
At 0Z start N3UM found 40 M OK but 160 M weak (10 Qs), and W5MPB found
20 M weak (4 Qs) but 80 M OK. Rates died by 0430Z QRT with 138 Qs.
>From 12Z Sat. daytime there were many hi-band EUs. W5MPB got 80 Qs
on 20 M, 28 on 15 M, and 52 on 10 M. From 1430Z N3UM got 48 Qs on
15 M and ran for 74 of 118 Qs on 20 M. We had 466 Qs at 22Z.
N3UM got 22 Qs on 20 and 34 Qs on 80 M by his 0130Z QRT. W5MPB got
3 Qs on 15 and 10 M and 22 on 40 M by his 0215Z QRT.
Sun. 1145-15Z N3UM ran for 90 of 128 Qs on 20 M, while W5MPB got
41 Qs on 15 M and 47 on 10 M. From 15-21Z (w/lunch breaks) N3UM
got 60 Qs on 10 M and 48 on 15 M, and W5MPB got 51 Qs on 20 M.
>From 21-24Z we scraped up 41 last Qs and 15 mults, on 80 thru 15 M.
We got many far & rare mults on high bands; 9K A7 BY FR JA JW VK(LP)
VU & YB on 20 M, 4X 7P FR OH0 VK ZL & ZS on 15 M, and on 10 M GD
HC8 & OH0, plus 13 LUs and 35 PYs. Sunspots, welcome back.
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