CQWW WPX Contest, CW - 2023
Call: K3CCR
Operator(s): N3UM
Station: K3CCR
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 22
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 24
40: 238
20: 420
15: 211
10: 27
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Total: 920 Prefixes = 552 Total Score = 1,732,176
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. As the
only CW op I (N3UM) did SOHP Assisted in 2023 WPX CW. I hoped to
beat the 740 Qs and claimed 1.03 M I got in ’22 WPX CW. I did
that, with 1.3 X the QSO pts, 1.3 X the pfxs, and 1.7 X the
score in 1.3 X the BIC hrs. SFI of 155 and Kp of 1-3 helped, and
made hrs on more fun and less tiring.
At start on 20 M 00-0142Z I ran for 105 Qs at 62/hr, then clicked
spots for 57 more 0143-0237Z. Then on 40 M 0254 to 0458Z QRT I got
118 Qs, 85 of them in a run at 81/hr. I did not run again. Rate with
6-pt Qs on 40 M was great to the end, so I quit to sleep and return
early without trying 80 M.
Back 1215-1258Z I got just 25 20-M Qs, 20 for 3 pts. Better on 15 M;
I got 109 Qs 1300-1530Z, 54/hr, mostly EUs, and quit for lunch.
Back 1818-2101Z I hopped between high bands for 3-pt Qs as bandmaps
cleared and refilled. On 15 M, I got 27 Qs by 1853Z, then on 20 M
36 Qs by 2010Z, back to 15 M for 11 Qs in 15 min, then 10 M for 22 Qs
in 26 min, 20 of them in SA, and quit for supper.
Back on 20 M at 23Z I got 36 EU Qs by 2341Z; ~OK. But, 2343-00Z
no more EUs; 13 1-pt W/Ks, plus 7 in NA and SA. Much better on 40 M;
0011-0207Z, 118 Qs, 61 hr, many 6-pt EUs. Then rate died; 2 Qs
in 13 min. On 80 M 0226-0253Z I got 24 Qs and 99 pts 0224-0253Z,
then quit to get 6 hrs sleep and return early.
Back on 1153-1526Z I got the usual slow Sun. rates; 44 on 20 M, 59 on
15 M, then 8 on 20 M, a total of 111 Qs in 3.5 hrs. The Qs were a mix
of 1, 2, and 3-pointers.
After lunch 1807-2143Z I scraped up 85 Qs on 20 M + 5 each
on 15 and 10 M. At 2143Z the band maps were cleared and slow to
refill, and I had done well. I quit then to avoid a late supper.
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