ARRL RTTY Roundup - 2022
Call: N6DW
Operator(s): N6DW
Station: N6DW
Class: SO(A) RTTY HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 6
Summary:
Band RTTY Qs Dig Qs
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80: 30
40: 34
20: 47
15: 39
10: 0
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Total: 150 0 State/Prov = 50 Countries = 23 Total Score = 10,950
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
I really enjoy RTTY contests but this one was very frustrating
from a software standpoint. My K3 would randomly jump from AFSK
for FSK and stop sending my messages. I figured out that I could
manually return the rig to AFSK form the CONFIG menu, but that
meant slow or lost QSOs.
I had recently upgraded to Win11
but I had made a concentrated effort to migrate everything and
get it running in pre-contest tests. I had to move misdirected
files and change errant paths. That, however, was a false sense
of security. I had 3 RTTY windows open when the problems
started.
I fumbled around a bit and then decided to
uninstall and reinstall N1MM+ in an attempt to re-establish
missing or bad paths and default locations. That's when the
virus software blocked installation and I had to hunt down Win
Defender to turn it off. Still no luck because I had to have
administrator privileges, but it didn't give me an option to run
as administrator. By trial and error, I went to the download
folder and move the N1MM installation file into a separate folder
and then I was able with a right click to run it as an
administrator. It was about this time that I found out that the
SN1MM installation help had a special section on Win11 issues.
Anyway, I lost about 4
hours Saturday and I knew I would have limited operating time on
Sunday, so I decided to just have a little fun and move on. So, I
did, as the score reflects.
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