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
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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
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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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