CQ WPX RTTY Contest
Call: AB1J
Operator(s): AB1J
Station: AB1J
Class: SOSB/40 LP
QTH: Waltham, MA
Operating Time (hrs): ~14
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 58
40: 131
20: 95
15: 16
10:
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Total: 131 Prefixes = 92 Total Score = 28,704
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
2018-03-13: I found this unsubmitted report lying around so I decided to clear
it out of my life. Better ever than never, I guess. What I'm actually doing is
trying to get psyched for shoveling snow as we're having our 3rd nor'easter in
12 days.
I entered on 40m but had fun on other bands too. The entire log was submitted.
Solar data during the contest:
Sat 1200 UTC SFI=72 SSN=23 eSSN=9 Kp=1
Sun 2400 UTC SFI=72 SSN=35 eSSN=10 Kp=1
Not too bad.
I tried using my K9L 60th anniversary SE call. It had worked pretty well in the
XE-RTTY, but not here. Strong regional stations calling CQ with no answers
refused to work me and I soon gave up and reverted to my regular call. I wasn't
trying to cause problems, so it was OK.
Still, I was surprised about that. Here are some calls I've worked in contests:
VC3C2C, LM9L40Y, ZL4RUGBY. All those are brain-teasers I managed to survive just
fine. To be sure, most EU and other special calls are long rather than short,
but here in the USA we have the 1x1s. I guess when a call is short, something
is assumed to be missing. If long, it's assumed there's more to come. I
suppose the SCP worked against me.
After years I'm still futzing with my RTTY window arrangement. I have a 27"
main monitor which is plenty roomy on CW/SSB but gets crowded on RTTY. The
biggest problem is getting the log window situated so I pay more attention to it
(to immediately notice clumsy logging errors), plus keep other important windows
visually handy. When I look at something, my cone of clear vision is actually
quite small. I think I've finally gotten an optimal window layout for RTTY.
That's no mean achievement.
I have a 2nd, smaller monitor to the left for secondary windows. It's full,
too. There's a lot to pay attention to.
Aside from trying to use my 1x1 call, I didn't have any particular goal in the
contest except that I enjoy operating RTTY. A couple years ago I joined the
YCCC but found they are only interested in the CQ-WW and ARRL-DX CW & SSB,
so there's no motivation there. It might be fun for them to organize teams in
contests like this for intra-club competition. The NAQP teams are fun, but they
are already built into the NCJ rules.
Thanks for all the QSOs.
73,
Ken, AB1J
Flex 6500
N1MM Logger+ MMTTY(normal signal)-MMTTY(distorted signal)-2Tone
20-15-10m attic dipoles
20-40-80m 66' outdoor steath wire, Dentron tuner & indoor counterpoise
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