CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest
Call: K8ND
Operator(s): K8ND +PACKET
Station: K8ND
Class: M/S HP
QTH: OHIO
Operating Time (hrs): 9:00
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts
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80: 35 80
40:
20: 142 333
15: 39 80
10:
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Total: 216 493 Prefixes = 195 Total Score = 96,135
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
Writelog 10.69D + MMTTY
MicroHam MK2R+
FT-1000MP
Alpha 91b (~500W)
KT34XA + 80m Inv-V
First operation on RTTY for 30 years.
I had a MicroHam MK2R+ SO2R controller in a box here, and since the club
station PJ2T was going to be active on RTTY, I thought I'd make a small effort
to get on RTTY. The supplied cable set made getting connected to my FT-1000MP
an easy process.
Sometime in the past I had added MMTTY RTTY support to Writelog, although I'd
never used it. Initially, I was able to see transmissions OK, but no one would
respond to my calls. Finally P49X told me that I was transmitting upside-down,
and then worked me anyway! With the email assistance of W8TK, I figured out how
to make the FT-1000MP menu and software play nicely together.
I suspect that the integration with Writelog was incomplete, as there was some
manual activity involved in logging a QSO. If I were serious at this RTTY
contesting stuff, I'd need to do a turn as an apprentice at an experienced
operator's station!
It was fun, and a learning experience. I didn't spend a lot of time at it (less
than indicated by the Writelog time-keeper), but had it on while doing other
things in my office/shack.
I used packet. The rules don't mention packet of "Assisted", and so I expect
that this places me in the Multi-op category, or makes me a checklog.
What I need now is a "CW Skimmer" for RTTY!
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