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[3830] CQ WW RTTY AD4ES M/S HP

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Subject: [3830] CQ WW RTTY AD4ES M/S HP
From: webform@b4h.net
Reply-to: k9es@cfl.rr.com
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:04:58 -0700
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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: AD4ES
Operator(s): AD4ES, K9ES, KC4XK
Station: AD4ES

Class: M/S HP
QTH: SFL
Operating Time (hrs): 47

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts   State/Prov  DX   Zones
------------------------------------------
   80:  109   163       26      19     9
   40:  109   244       32      37    15
   20:  636  1260       44      66    24
   15:   20    53        1      16    10
   10:    0     0        0       0     0
------------------------------------------
Total:  908  1720      103     138    58  Total Score = 514,280

Club: Florida Contest Group

Comments:

AD4ES 2008 CQWW DX RTTY
 
Multi/Single High Power - South Florida

Break Down
Freq      Q         pts     Cty   Zn  Sec
3.5      109        163     19     9   26
7.       143        244     37    15   32
14       636       1260     66    24   44
21        20         53     16    10    1

Total    908       1720    138    58   103
Total points 514,280

Operators:   AD4ES, K9ES, KC4XK (his first contest ever)
 
Station: IC765 with AL572 Linear, 1 KW
Ant:     Stepp IR with 40M dipole at 55 feet, Inverted Vee for 80M at 54 feet
Interface:  US Interface "Navigator"
Software:   N1MM & MMTTY
 
The first RTTY contest for AD4ES and K9ES, first contest ever for KC4XK
 
Comments:
 
Most embarrassing event asking, more than once, for a KG4's state!

Most interesting event:Every once in a while I would catch myself thinking that
"I am getting used to this RTTY stuff.  In fact I can even copy it in my head
without a decoder.....only to realize that it was CW on the Freq! True
story!!!!! (Sad but true)
 
Chuck AD4ES
 
Noticed with 2 KHz bandwidth, the software was often "confused" with noise and
all the signals in the passband.  The AGC would capture strong adjacent
signals, and often drive our received signal into the noise.  In after thought,
we should have used K9ES's IC-756 Pro-2 for XCVR, with ability to bring LSB
Receive bandwidth down to 200 Hz.  Would have improved the Signal to Noise
Radio by 10 dB and eliminated AGC issues.
A great learning experience and alot of fun for us "RTTY novices"

Eric K9ES


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