Call: N3UM
Operator(s):  
Station: N3UM

Added: 03/Nov/2011
Contest: CQ WORLDWIDE DX CONTEST, SSB
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: MD
Operating time: 18.3

Summary: 
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:    4     3        2
   80:   35     9       22
   40:   72    11       36
   20:  238    27       75
   15:  111    20       51
   10:  100    14       41
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Total:  560    84      227  
Total Score = 493,868
Club: 

Soapbox: 

My 10th year doing CQ WW SSB from
this QTH with comparable gear.  This
year:
lots more sunspots, BUT my BIC
time was limited to 18.3 hr. vs  27.5
hr. last year, and 25 hr. or more '04
thru '09. I was still  recovering from
hernia surgery done 3 weeks before the
contest, and Sun. afternoon I went to
a concert I wanted to attend with my
wife.

Even in 2/3 as many hours, I
found 11 more multipliers than in
2010, most of them on 15 and 10 m. 
Made only 560 QSOs vs 773 last year,
so my claimed score this year was
lower, though I did do better than in
2009 and nearly equaled my 2008
score.

With the sunspot count up so
much, I made 83 QSOs in EU on 10 m. vs
NONE in EU last year.  I didn't do
quite as well on the low bands this
year, simply because fatigue required
me to quit and go to bed 1.5 to 2 hrs.
earlier than in recent years. 

I
always enjoy finding rare mults: this
year HZ and ZA on 10 m.; A4, A7, and
OX on 15 m.; and BY, HZ, C5, ZD8, and
RN1ANC (Antarctica) on 20 m.  Activity
level was excellent, as shown by the
semi-rare EUs available: HB0, C3, and
T7.