NA Sprint RTTY Contest - September
Call: NN7SS
Operator(s): K6UFO
Station: NN7SS
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: WA
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Op Time
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80: 9
40: 30
20: 42
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Total: 81 Mults = 29 Total Score = 2,349
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Team: NCCC
Comments:
I love RTTY Sprinting, that's why I practice every Thursday night.
I got a somewhat kludgy-SO2R configuration going, even though
a Win 10 update earlier this week changed all my COM port
numbers and lost half the device drivers, etc... Its amazing when
I can actually make a QSO!
Windy and a rainstorm here, so bands noisy with lots of crashes.
AGC-Slow was far better at ignoring the crashes.
20m was good, but too many people packed into just 080 - 084.
If we spread out it would be easier for everybody. Most people
left after the first hour, but prop was still good for several hours.
40m: I went after 90 minutes, but it was still 1 hour before sunset
and nobody can hear me... Keep trolling on 20m and look for the
really BIG sigs on 40m who maybe can hear me.
80m: At 2:30 I finally left an empty 20m and tried 80m. Yes, 80m
QRP at 15 minutes past sunset! Only a few stations even paused
their CQing... I could hear 50 signals to every 1 who could hear
me. I revised my hopes for 100 QSOs, down to hope for 80!
Whew, made it.
NN7SS Burt WA (K6UFO op)
20m: C-3 at 48 ft, C-31xr at 72ft
40m: Force 12 2 element at 78ft
80m: 4-square pointed East
Elecraft K3 at 5 watts
Kenwood TS-590s at 5 watts
Writelog and microham micro2r keyer
MMTTY and 2Tone decoders
Panadapter by SDR-IQ and Spectravue software
QSO by hour and band.
80M 40M 20M Total Cumm
00Z - - 30 30 30
01Z - 6 12 18 48
02Z 4 18 - 22 70
03Z 5 6 - 11 81
Total: 9 30 42
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