Every contest seems to have at least one pleasant surprise. This one
had two:
Propagation on 80 meters was very good although at this time of year
of course, it was very noisy. I only worked stations in North America
but signals were strong under the noise. Too bad more stations weren't
on. QSOs were easy, given a moderate amount of patience with the
noise.
20 meters was open most of the night from here (Southern California)
to JA, DU and YB. Normally that 40 and 80 meter time, but signals were
strong on 20 for hours on end long after sunset. Nice night time
opening to EU too. RTTY must be the national pastime in Ukraine. :-)
Lots of new calls heard. RTTY contesting continues to grow.
The details:
DLDXRTTY Score Summary Sheet
Start Date : 2007-07-07
CallSign Used : W6WRT
Operator(s) : W6WRT
Band : ALL
Power : HIGH
Mode : RTTY
Category : A
Hours : 11.5
Default Exchange : 001
Gridsquare : DM14TF
Name : Bill Turner
Address : 520 Bowman Trail
City/State/Zip : Landers CA 92285
Country : USA
ARRL Section : ORG
Club/Team :
Software: N1MM Logger V7.3.8
Band QSOs Pts Cty Sec
3.5 10 70 3 7
7 69 390 3 15
14 220 1865 28 24
21 8 55 2 5
Total 307 2380 36 51
Score : 207,060
Rig : IC-756Pro3, Command HF-2500 (1500 watts)
Antennas : 20/15/10: Cushcraft X7 yagi @ 25 meters
80/40: Inverted vees, apex @ 22 meters
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