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Today's Topics:
1. CWopsT GW0ETF HP (webform@b4h.net)
2. CWopsT KI7Y HP (webform@b4h.net)
3. CWopsT W0EJ LP (webform@b4h.net)
4. CWopsT WB2VYK LP (webform@b4h.net)
5. CWopsT VE3KI LP (webform@b4h.net)
6. CWopsT W9CC LP (webform@b4h.net)
7. CWopsT K6HTN LP (webform@b4h.net)
8. CWopsT SM6CUK HP (webform@b4h.net)
9. CWopsT EA8OM(DJ1OJ) LP (webform@b4h.net)
10. CWopsT EA8OM(DJ1OJ) LP (webform@b4h.net)
11. CWopsT NN6T HP (webform@b4h.net)
12. BARTG AB1J SOAB LP (webform@b4h.net)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:28:41 +0000
From: webform@b4h.net
To: 3830@contesting.com
Subject: [3830] CWopsT GW0ETF HP
Message-ID: <20140319202840.10543.79304@b4h.net>
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CWops Mini-CWT Test - 1900Z Mar 19
Call: GW0ETF
Operator(s): GW0ETF
Station: GW0ETF
Class: Single Op HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 0.75
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160:
80:
40:
20: 17 17
15:
10:
-------------------
Total: 17 17 Total Score = 289
Club:
Comments:
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:31:08 +0000
From: webform@b4h.net
To: 3830@contesting.com
Subject: [3830] CWopsT KI7Y HP
Message-ID: <20140319203104.10462.82341@b4h.net>
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CWops Mini-CWT Test - 1900Z Mar 19
Call: KI7Y
Operator(s): KI7Y
Station: KI7Y
Class: Single Op HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 1
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160:
80:
40:
20: 7 6
15: 15 15
10:
-------------------
Total: 22 21 Total Score = 462
Club: Willamette Valley DX Club
Comments:
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:35:28 +0000
From: webform@b4h.net
To: 3830@contesting.com, w0ej@goldenwest.net
Subject: [3830] CWopsT W0EJ LP
Message-ID: <20140319203521.10522.75068@b4h.net>
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CWops Mini-CWT Test - 1900Z Mar 19
Call: W0EJ
Operator(s): W0EJ
Station: W0EJ
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: SD
Operating Time (hrs): 1
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160:
80:
40:
20: 12 8
15: 11 11
10:
-------------------
Total: 23 19 Total Score = 437
Club:
Comments:
Thanks for all the Qs and warm welcome. Had a great time and amazed at how
many
folks take out the time for a warm greeting.
I was lucky to work Bert F6HKA, Lar K7SV, Marko N5ZO and Dean NW2K twice
each
this session. What a blast.....
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:39:32 +0000
From: webform@b4h.net
To: 3830@contesting.com, wb2vyk@gmail.com
Subject: [3830] CWopsT WB2VYK LP
Message-ID: <20140319203918.10563.30094@b4h.net>
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CWops Mini-CWT Test - 1900Z Mar 19
Call: WB2VYK
Operator(s): WB2VYK
Station: WB2VYK
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: The Villages, FL
Operating Time (hrs): .6
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160:
80:
40:
20:
15: 8 8
10: 3 1
-------------------
Total: 11 9 Total Score = 99
Club:
Comments:
I listened to OM N4FP during 13Z session and thought it would be fun to
try, so
this was my first CWT. Kenwood TS-440SAT, 100 watts thru LDG Z100 tuner
to 20'
fishing pole mounted against the house.
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:44:34 +0000
From: webform@b4h.net
To: 3830@contesting.com
Subject: [3830] CWopsT VE3KI LP
Message-ID: <20140319204432.10454.61050@b4h.net>
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CWops Mini-CWT Test - 1900Z Mar 19
Call: VE3KI
Operator(s): VE3KI
Station: VE3KI
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: ON
Operating Time (hrs): 1
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160:
80:
40:
20: 5 2
15: 21 21
10: 6 2
-------------------
Total: 32 25 Total Score = 800
Club: Contest Club Ontario
Comments:
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:46:07 +0000
From: webform@b4h.net
To: 3830@contesting.com, lcard@hrtc.net
Subject: [3830] CWopsT W9CC LP
Message-ID: <20140319204604.16042.12345@b4h.net>
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CWops Mini-CWT Test - 1900Z Mar 19
Call: W9CC
Operator(s): W9CC
Station: W9CC
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: IN
Operating Time (hrs): 1
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160:
80:
40: 5 2
20: 11 11
15: 4 3
10:
-------------------
Total: 20 16 Total Score = 320
Club:
Comments:
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:47:52 +0000
From: webform@b4h.net
To: 3830@contesting.com, katehutton@gmail.com
Subject: [3830] CWopsT K6HTN LP
Message-ID: <20140319204739.11198.68178@b4h.net>
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CWops Mini-CWT Test - 1900Z Mar 19
Call: K6HTN
Operator(s): K6HTN
Station: K6HTN
Class: Single Op LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160:
80:
40:
20: 9 9
15:
10:
-------------------
Total: 9 9 Total Score = 81
Club:
Comments:
Contesting skills rusty, was keying by hand & had some distractions.
Otherwise fun. Two non-members: K6MR KEN CA & W0EJ BILL SD. I think I
needed SD! Nice.
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:52:58 +0000
From: webform@b4h.net
To: 3830@contesting.com, sa6g@hotmail.com
Subject: [3830] CWopsT SM6CUK HP
Message-ID: <20140319205258.10522.63501@b4h.net>
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CWops Mini-CWT Test - 1900Z Mar 19
Call: SM6CUK
Operator(s): SM6CUK
Station: SM6CUK
Class: Single Op HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160:
80:
40:
20: 14 5
15: 20 20
10:
-------------------
Total: 34 25 Total Score = 850
Club:
Comments:
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:28:47 +0000
From: webform@b4h.net
To: 3830@contesting.com
Subject: [3830] CWopsT EA8OM(DJ1OJ) LP
Message-ID: <20140319222842.20447.60639@b4h.net>
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CWops Mini-CWT Test - 1300Z Mar 19
Call: EA8OM
Operator(s): DJ1OJ
Station: EA8OM
Class: Single Op LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160:
80:
40:
20: 1 1
15:
10: 2 2
-------------------
Total: 3 3 Total Score = 9
Club: Bavarian Contest Club
Comments:
very poor condx
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:30:38 +0000
From: webform@b4h.net
To: 3830@contesting.com
Subject: [3830] CWopsT EA8OM(DJ1OJ) LP
Message-ID: <20140319223035.10486.99956@b4h.net>
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CWops Mini-CWT Test - 1900Z Mar 19
Call: EA8OM
Operator(s): DJ1OJ
Station: EA8OM
Class: Single Op LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160:
80:
40:
20: 5 4
15: 14 11
10: 7 7
-------------------
Total: 26 22 Total Score = 572
Club: Bavarian Contest Club
Comments:
much better condx, not good activity
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 23:21:07 +0000
From: webform@b4h.net
To: 3830@contesting.com, glenansue@datamaxemail.com
Subject: [3830] CWopsT NN6T HP
Message-ID: <20140319232103.26406.6728@b4h.net>
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CWops Mini-CWT Test - 1900Z Mar 19
Call: NN6T
Operator(s): NN6T
Station: NN6T
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: AZ
Operating Time (hrs): 1
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160:
80:
40:
20:
15: 15 15
10: 8 4
-------------------
Total: 23 19 Total Score = 437
Club: CWOPS
Comments:
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:58:19 +0000
From: webform@b4h.net
To: 3830@contesting.com, ktfrog007@aol.com
Subject: [3830] BARTG AB1J SOAB LP
Message-ID: <20140320005817.8673.54591@b4h.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ascii"
BARTG HF RTTY Contest
Call: AB1J
Operator(s): AB1J
Station: AB1J
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Waltham, MA
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Summary:
Band QSOs Countries Call Areas
-----------------------------------
80:
40: 76 12 13
20: 151 33 13
15: 189 47 13
10: 97 35 7
-----------------------------------
Total: 513 127 46 Continents = 6 Total Score = 532,494
Club:
Comments:
This is a second tier contest that should be right up there with the big
RTTY
events, but isn't. What it has going for it are the Expert/48/30/6
categories,
lots of mults and being at the March equinox. On the other hand, it is
remarkably user-unfriendly with the 5 minute rule, the 3 hour off minimum,
no
low power category and conflict with the RUDX. Plus BARTG could drop the
599,
as they do with their Sprint. This is a contest with a lot of potential
if the
sponsors wanted to bump it up a notch or three.
Usually I go light on this contest, but this time I had some station
testing to
do and my other weekend plans fell through, so I used up my whole SOAB 30
hours,
although it was more like 22 hours before being inflated by the 3 hour off
rule.
My main concern had to do with running a RCKskimmer in very close
quarters.
After previously trying some other schemes, I put a splitter in the RX
antenna
loop on my FT-2K, dividing the signal between the FT-2K and the skimmer
TS940S.
Each signal is down about 3.6 dB, 3 dB due to the split and 0.6 dB from
insertion loss. Most of the time I didn't miss the 3.6 dB, but if I
needed it
back I could just pop the RX antenna button OFF to send all the signal to
the
FT-2K. I did that maybe 8 times in the contest. Overall this worked well
and
is the best method I've come up with yet. It's still a compromise
situation.
I think for some contests I might locate the skimmer station elsewhere and
Telnet it back to my QTH.
One guy refused to work me. We had a previous busted QSO (from my POV)
due to
QRM and when I tried again later he completely ignored me. A similar
thing
happened to me in the WPX-RTTY last month. I wish word would go forth to
all
nations and peoples that dupes don't hurt you in the computer age. Often
they
save you points.
Another guy worked me but NILed me out of his log because I wasn't sending
my
exchange in the correct (according to him) format (Me: 599-123-1234
123-1234
Him: AB1J NIL SET UR EXCHANGE ACCORDING TO THE RULES). The funny thing
was he
had a macro for this, which means he was locked and loaded and just
waiting for
miscreants like me to cross his path. Then BAM! he got me right between
the
eyes. I guess I made his day but didn't know whether to laugh or cry so I
QSYed.
With the 2 element exchange, I made heavy use of the three decoding
windows. On
rare occasions I grabbed the call from one, serial from another and time
from
the third. This amused me for some reason. I noticed lots of requests
for
repeats.
The bands were good, but 40 had a lot of distortion Friday night. This is
fairly common at my QTH in the evening. I fight back with 2Tone set to
Flutter
and using a wider MMTTY profile based on the Fluttered/Multipath profiles
(these
are essentially the same under the hood) plus a lot of AGN AGN?. I slept
during
the night but wish I had stayed up to catch the late night 20m deep
Russians in
this contest or the RUDX.
Thanks for the Qs. I had a good time in spite of myself. For me the next
RTTY
big one is the WW in September. Exciting times await.
73,
Ken, AB1J
FT2000-N1MM-MMVARI-MMTTY-2TONE-Win8
TS940S-RCKskimmer-XP
20-10 attic dipoles and outdoor stealth 40m coaxial dipole
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