CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB - 2023
Call: K3CCR
Operator(s): N3UM
Station: K3CCR
Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 19.7
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80: 31 8 22
40: 120 11 44
20: 283 27 87
15: 202 23 77
10: 207 22 81
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Total: 843 91 311 Total Score = 955,152
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 the
2023 CQ WW SSB, Mike W5MPB was tired from a recent mild case of
covid, so I (N3UM) did SOHP Assisted.
I hoped to get more Qs than the 590 I made doing M/2 with Mike in
10/21, when we last did CQ WW SSB. I did that; 1.4 X my 2021 Qs,
and 1.03 X my mults. SFI of 128 vs 108 helped; I got 2.6 X as many
Qs on 10 & 15 M. Kp 4 to 5 was no problem; I got 1.3 X the 40 M
Qs, and 80 M was poor in both years.
At start I got 39 40-M Qs 00-01Z, 47 20-M Qs 01-02Z, then in 40 min.
15 Qs on 40 M & a pitiful 8 on 80 M by 0247Z. A last 9 Qs in 9 min
cleared the 20 M bandmap. QRT at 03Z to do high bands early.
Good call; I clicked spots for 34 20-M Qs in 21 min 1143-1214Z,
then to 15 M 1219-1358Z for 91 Qs in 98 min. To 10 M for 60 Qs in
63 min 1406-1509Z, then quit to eat.
After lunch, rate still OK on 10 M; 30 Qs in 35 min, 1741-1816Z.
Slow after that; I hopped the high bands for 18 Qs on 15 M + 19 on
20 M & 4 on 10 M by 1932Z, and quit to eat.
Back at 2236Z, lots of JA spots on 15 M; I got 7 in 9 min! Then
KL7, ZS, 2 more JA, and 10 Carib & SA Qs by 2306Z. From 2317 to
0238Z QRT I hopped 20, 40, & 80 M as band maps cleared in a few
min. On 40 M I got 66 Qs, 23 in a run at 51/hr. On 20 M I got
22 Qs, and on 80 M 23 Qs.
High bands hot at 1139Z, mostly EUs. I ran for 89 20-M Qs at 80/hr,
then clicked for 45 15-M Qs and 76 10-M Qs by 1543Z and quit to eat.
After supper at 1829Z I got 5 10-M Qs in 5 min, then 63 20-M Qs by
2003Z, 38 in a run at 51/hr. Two band hops got 27 15-M Qs & 37 more
10-M Qs by 2152Z QRT; 127 Qs & 21 mults in 3.4 hrs.
Rare & distant mults; A2, BY, EL, JT, KH2, T2, and VU.
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