On Jan 1, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Tim Gardner wrote:
>
> The RTTY Roundup is next weekend. This is one I have
> not worked before, and after reading the rules, I have
> a question or two.
We look forward to seeing you on the air. It is a fun contest.
> Despite the contest name, the rules permit "RTTY,
> ASCII, AMTOR, PSK31 and Packet". Now it seems to me
> that there is likely to be very little contest activty
> on anthing except PSK31 & RTTY, but I'm willing to
> make contacts anywhere I can. Is there enough activity
> on the other modes to make it worth the effort of even
> trying?
RTTY is by far the most popular mode for this contest.
Though I haven't checked out the psk31 traffic. In my
experience, RTTY is a better contesting mode. There
should be plenty of activity as long as conditions are
good.
> If so, any ideas or suggestions on how to deal with
> the other modes in Writelog? Do you just use whatever
> s/w works to make the contact, then enter the QSO into
> Writelog? If so, how do you differentiate the various
> modes?
What you'll miss is the automatic dupe checking, call
completion and other contesting aids. You can do that
using manual entry, though, like you would for a phone
contest.
> Ultimately, one must merge all QSO data into a single
> file to make up a Cabrillo log. I can do this by
> hand, but (obviously) would prefer WL or some other
> tool to do the work. Comments, anyone?
>
I don't see any scoring advantage for working multiple
modes per band, so I presume it doesn't matter which mode
is chosen for the log.
-- richard, KB4HB (multioperating at W5VZF)
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