CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY
Call: W0ETC
Operator(s):
Station:
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: IA
Operating Time (hrs): 20
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts States DX Zones
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80: 47 57 26 6 5
40: 65 96 27 7 12
20: 169 263 43 34 19
15: 258 538 41 58 27
10: 157 396 15 49 24
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Total: 696 1350 152 134 87 = 529,200
Club/Team: TCG
Comments:
My original plan was a full bore effort from home or to be part of the crew at
the N0NI M/2 effort. However that all changed when my hematologist decided it
was time to start chemotherapy for my chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL). The
first round of chemotherapy ( 5 days) ended 9 hours before the start of the
contest. Because of that I knew I wasn?t up to a serious effort. Only five
more rounds of chemotherapy five days each about a month apart, to go. Luckily
for me CLL is very manageable and treatable. Unfortunately for me it is really
going to mess up prime contesting season.
Since this wasn?t a serious effort I played in the assisted class for 20 total
hours. The bands while not great were in decent shape with 15 being the bread
and butter DX band. About half of the states I worked on 10 were back scatter
or ground wave.
IMHO the behavior of some RTTY contesters is starting to approach that of some
SSB contesters. As in, non stop calling in a pile up for a rare multiplier and
moving in and CQing less than 100 Hz away from my run frequency, and phony DX
spots on or near their run frequency. The lack of such things was why I first
fell in love with RTTY contesting. Oh well, my years of SSB experience mean I
am well prepared for this unfortunate change.
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