Old ventage station, Good on CW and AM
I did not have much time to contribute this year as other commitments got in the way, but I go on for a few hours and made about 60 contacts thoroughly enjoying myself.
I used WA7BNM's web based cabrillo software to submit my log....A nifty little program for the little pistols out there. My hat is off to the author!
Hope to see you all next year. Until then....
73's and Best DX de Charles
This was my second effort in the RTTY RU. Due to other commitments, I did not have much time to devote this year, but thought I should get on when I could and submit my log for the NCCC effort. However, I did manage to make 60 contacts and I had the priveledge to use the WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo software to submit my log. A very nice little program indeed. I really helps the little pistols that do not have a big investment get their logs in on time and in the proper format.
Hope to see you all again next year.
73's for now, Charles
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Old ventage station, Good on CW and AM |
Had to program an F key saying my call was VE9DX and not FX or TX.
Good to see other VE9's on but maybe a call change is in order...!
Always happy to QSY to other bands on request.
TX: 30 watts to a vertical.
As always Writelog worked flawlessly.
73 Andy (VE9DX)
http://www.ve9dx.com
ve9dx@rac.ca
This is the one contest I try to never miss! There are not a lot of operators in Montana so was always happy to hear "thanks for MT" during the contest.I had a blast with low power and after the contest was over I promised myself to have a better homebrew antenna in place for 40 and 80 meters by next January. As a Radioman in the U.S. Navy I have never lost my enjoyment of RTTY!
Having just returned to Ham Radio and finding the delights of RTTY, I decided to enter the contest, although with my 50watts and small ant. I knew there was no way I was going to be up there with the "Big Guns".
However, I have set myself a target for next year now so at least I can beat myself.
Nice contest and thanks to those US stations that could just make me out over the water.
Breaking my right hand the day before the contest did not help, but at least I had a go and gave some one a DX country.
Dave Taylor
W0MA Boeing Employees ARS. AA0RX and K0BX decided to do a mult-single from our club station W0MA and to operate high power. Our goal was to make 1000 QSO's. Saturday was a big day with 564 QSO's in the log when we quit at midnight. A big run on 80 meters for 3 hours really help our total.
Sunday started at 7:30 AM. Conditions were poor and then when to bad as we had a heavy rain storm until 1 PM. Things started to improve and with a big final hour on 40 meters we made 1007 QSO's. After dupes it came down to 997 QSO's but that is close enough
Worked all states and DC. And 51 DX countries.
Cu in the next RTTY Roundup
AB0RX at the IC-775DSP and Henry 4K Station |
K0BX at the IC-756 and AL-82 Station |
The Henry 4K amp wattmeter at a hair under 1500 watts output. |
This was my first ever contest, other than S&P for DX in other contests. It was a blast. Thanks to all those that called and provided contacts. Admittedly my first love is DX but I must say
that the RTTY contest bug has bitten...hard. 73
As with each contest, that I enter seriously, my main objective is to better my
last year's score. My secondary objective was reaching 1000 Q's. I doubt if I
really maximised my time, and spent too much time CQing, and not enough tuning
the band. I believe that a sustained rate is paramount to a high score, but now
I see how a few more multipliers would have been just as improrant. Although I
made more contacts, 19, my multiplier count was down, by 3. Finding just 1 more
multiplier, would have accomplished bettering last year's score. Missing 2 hours
of operating, most likely, was to blame for not reaching the 1000 Q goal. Rain
static on Saturday night, rendered 80 almost useless. Rather than my planned
break at 0500, I quit at 0336. I was 45 minutes late returning from my break. An
unexpected visit from my son and family took another 1:15 minutes, in the middle
of Sunday afternoon. That's not really a complaint, just a fact. If/when I have
to choose family time or contest time, the contest will lose every time! If
there was a "lowlight", it was not accomplishing the 1000 Q goal? The
"highlights" include working many, many regulars, along with a couple of "moldy
oldies", N5ZM and W7AY, neither of which had been on my screen for more than 6
months. I also managed to work 96 "new" (never before worked on RTTY), and after
exchanging email with most of them, it was their first RTTY contest. Imagine how
nice it would be to have 96 "new" contacts, per band, available in each/every
contest! The most amazing part of the contest was that my rate for the last hour
was as high, if not higher, as any other! Thanks to ARRL for sponsoring, the log
checkers for their efforts, and last, but certainly not least, all of you that
were gracious enough to give me a contact! Without y'all, RTTY contesting would
be no more fun than watching TV!
Considering I ran 50 watts and my antenna is a ground mounted vertical, I had a blast in this contest. Made lots of contacts and was 6 states shy of making WAS in the contest. Looking forward to the next one.
John - K9COE
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