CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest
Call: M7P
Operator(s): M7P
Station: M7P
Class: SOSB15(TS) HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs
------------
80:
40:
20:
15: 694
10:
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Total: 694 Prefixes = 399 Total Score = 720,195
Like Dick I also used fldigi, changing from 3.21.67 to 3.21.68 half way through
the contest. I also used OSX 10.8.2 and a TS-590S.
I found conditions this weekend to be very poor. The band was noisy and my
score was down on last year. I found I had to ask for more repeats and was
asked for more myself (despite using spaces instead of dashes ;-))
When I sent my 599 serial number I sent "599 599 599 599 (LOL)" but was still
asked for a repeat which surprised me slightly as the station I was working was
a good solid needle-busting genuine 599.
As much as I like fldigi, it's now time to move to some other software for my
data contesting - I want to have a live score as I'm operating and some kind of
DXCluster integration. I mainly run rather than spend my time looking for
multipliers and that's not the best way to get a good score. Last year I
registered Win-Test and will be trying that out within an XP virtual machine on
my iMac.
73 Keith, G6NHU
On 10 Feb 2013, at 22:34, Dick Kriss <aa5vu@att.net> wrote:
> CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest
>
> Call: AA5VU
> Operator(s): AA5VU
> Station: AA5VU
>
> Class: SOAB HP
> QTH:
> Operating Time (hrs): PT
>
> Summary:
> Band QSOs
> ------------
> 80: 38
> 40: 61
> 20: 69
> 15: 30
> 10: 25
> ------------
> Total: 223 Prefixes = 125 Total Score = 64,000
>
> Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
>
> Comments:
>
> 223 QSO = 512 QSO Points x 125 Prefixes = 64,000 Total Points
>
> Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at:
> http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
>
> I used the CQ WPX RTTY contest to check out the new fldigi RTTY filters
> (added by W1HKJ and DO2SM based on inputs from W7AY) and fldigi-3.21.68
> worked very nice under Mac OS X 10.8.2 with the Kenwood TS-590S. Very few
> requests for fills and the fldigi decoding was excellent. I did note and
> logged the "599" serial number send by K4LTE but stuck around to see him give
> out 600 to the next station as confirmation of what I logged.
>
> [QSO: 14125 RY 2013-02-10 1423 AA5VU 599 193 K4LTE 599
> 599]
>
> My score is non-competitive but it was a fun way to enjoy the latest version
> of fldigi. The 223 QSOs have been uploaded to LoTW twice because I screwed
> up. The WPX requires too much time-in-the-chair so mine was a part time
> effort. I think the competitive stations need and appreciate the part time
> contest participants.
>
> 73 Dick AA5VU
>
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