Enjoyed it, same as last year, but I'm having second thoughts about
the usefulness of 75 baud. Domestic QSOs were ok but Europeans seemed
to be a lot harder to decode than with 45 baud.
Here in the Pacific Northwest, European signals come through the
auroral zone and always have lots of flutter. At 75 baud, it seemed
though I had to ask for more repeats than I would have with 45 baud,
even though signals were strong. Did anyone else have a similar
experience?
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1998 High Speed Sprint
Call used: W7TI
Location: Washington State, USA
Entry Class: Single Op, All Band
Band QSOs Pts Dist DX
80 0 0 0 0
40 0 0 0 0
20 76 785 14 11
15 13 130 8 2
10 2 25 1 2
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Total 91 940 23 15
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Claimed Score: 35720
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Software: RTTY by WF1B v3.3.18
Power Output: 1500
Radio: Kenwood TS-850S, Alpha 91B
TNC: KAM golden oldie, version 6 (beats everything I've tried)
Antenna: 4-element yagi at 50 feet
73, Bill W7TI
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