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[3830] RTTY Roundup W4AAA(KK9A) Single Op LP

To: 3830@contesting.com, john@w4aaa.com
Subject: [3830] RTTY Roundup W4AAA(KK9A) Single Op LP
From: webform@b4h.net
Reply-to: john@w4aaa.com
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 17:21:16 +0000
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                    ARRL RTTY Roundup - 2020

Call: W4AAA
Operator(s): KK9A
Station: W4AAA

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: North Carolina
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  RTTY Qs  Dig Qs
-----------------------
   80:    303       
   40:    668       
   20:    583       
   15:     86       
   10:              
-----------------------
Total:   1640      0  State/Prov = 55  Countries = 57  Total Score = 183,680

Club: 

Comments:

This was my forth time participating in the ARRL RTTY Roundup. I wish that I had
tried this contest sooner in life as it is an incredibly fun way to start the
first weekend of the new year. My station was still basically set up from the
November Sweepstakes contests. I just had make some minor changes to use RTTY,
which was already loaded on my Windows 7 station computers and my two Elecraft
K3S’s remembered the data settings. I missed the practice sessions so I hoped
that everything worked properly at the start and fortunately it did. The first
12 hours were very intense, I focused on rate by keeping both radios CQing and
never getting out of the operating chair. By the halfway point I had logged 1000
QSOs with a peak hour of 115 contacts running on 40m and 80m. This was a blast,
certainly not bad for LP at the bottom of the solar cycle. There is generally
not a lot of DX activity in this event but I did have a good European opening on
20m just after my sunrise where I logged hundreds of EU stations. This EU
opening not only helped with QSO points but it also really improved my country
multiplier total and overall score. Thanks to everyone for the QSOs, especially
those worked on multiple bands. About 2% of my contacts were duplicate contacts.
Since this can occur for various reasons I happy worked them again but it seems
high in a day of computer logging.  I would also like to really thank my QSL
manager Tim, WD9DZV for putting my logs on LoTW, Clublog and E-QSL as well as
answering all QSL card requests. Tim even bought us lunch at Portillo’s when
my wife and I visited Chicago over the Christmas holiday, what a great guy!

73,
John KK9A

http://www.w4aaa.com


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