SCORE:
N4IQ State: SC
Single Op. All Band High Power
Claimed Score: 107,470 (Last yr: 104,000)
Operated 24 hours - off 0600Z-1200Z
Band QSO State Prov. DX
80M 49 0 0 0
40M 213 3 0 4
20M 253 8 0 5
15M 245 16 4 20
10M 217 20 6 24
Total 977 47 10 53
RIG: TS850sat AL-800H @ 700w all bands
80/40 Broad Banded Dipole @55 ft
20-10 M 2-element mini beam @ 60
R7 Cushcraft vertical (40-10M) @35 ft (center of ant)
(Used the vertical a LOT on 20-10M; signals were coming
from every direction!)
Comments: This was the first contest I have ever used WriteLog - what a
great program! Used dual rtty rx windows: PK232DSP
(and fsk xmt)
and the MMRtty program (optimized) with a Timewave
59+DSP filter
at 250Hz and in rtty 2.2 khz position. Rig IFs at
250hz with IF low cut
up one notch. I noticed almost no difference in the
performance of the two
rtty demodulators (which was a surprise).
Additional comments:
TNX to Don AA5AU for his excellent articles about dual
RTTY rx in
WriteLog and his 2001 RTTY RU operating summary after
last year's
contest. TNX to my xyl for putting up with this hobby.
TNX to the
ARRL for sponsoring the contest. TNX to all the other
operators who make this a fun contest. This is
my favorite contest of the year.
I am still learning and trying to improve; I have some
ideas for next
year. 73 to everyone. Bill
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