Hi Wayne,
Conditions pretty poor here in Washington. I haven't heard any real high
QSO numbers either. It does get better. Probably the most fun you can
have in a RTTY Contest is in the RTTY WPX in February. In that one,
prefixes are multipliers, so you will be RARE DX! Everybody will dig you
out of the noise with your vertical. So hang in. We all start somewhere.
I looked for you on the freqs you posted but didn't hear you. And you're
right about some stations that call CQ endlessly but never seem to hear
anybody answer them. Most ops are pretty good, though.
73, Chuck N6KW - Seattle, WA
Wayne wrote:
> Well this is my first RTTY contest and I have found out that using a
> vertical and 100 watts does not get you very many contacts, the big guns
> walk all over you and more power to them they have spent the money and
> time to put up great antennas so go for it, it is just hard to compete
> with them. I do want to thank everyone that helped me get set up so I
> could at least see what I could do with my station and I did have some
> fun. There was one little problem I seen and I guess it was band
> conditions and it was.... I was on a freq and seeing a station calling
> CQ DL over and over and over and over and not getting any replaies or
> calls I was seeing other stations calling so I tried to make a contact
> with them but I could not because the other station keep calling CQ DL
> over and over and over and over hihi. Now all that said is there some
> kind of of gentle mens rules or contest rules that govern the operating
> procedures on contesting or is it just dog eat dog ? Well I will
> probably be black balled as a trouble maker for all these statements and
> questions I just didn't realize that contesting could be not so much fun.
>
> 73 Wayne AA5JJ
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> PS: I have not gave up yet.
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