1999 CQWW RTTY CONTEST
Call used: W3LPL Location: MD
Category: Multi-Multi Unlimited Mode: RTTY Power: 1500
Operators: NO2T, NE3H, K4GMH, W2GG, K3MM, W3EKT, N8YYS,
N3OC, N3UN
Exchanged Information: W3LPL 599-05 MD
Hours of Operation: 48
band QSOs points zones ctys st/pr
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80 291 506 18 45 49
40 516 1145 25 70 52
20 926 2273 35 97 52
15 931 2413 34 92 48
10 706 1834 29 83 40
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TOTAL 3370 8171 141 387 241
******* SCORE: 6,283,499 *******
NEW WORLD RECORD...(until HC8N reports in!hi!)
Station: The W3LPL Mega-Multi Station
Equipment: FT1000MP's x 3-1000 amps on all bands
RTTY: NA v10.ff by K8CC plus RITTY v3.06 by K6STI
using 486DX33 to 66 computers with SB16 cards
for AFSK TX/RX w/ full Autotune...and no rodents!
Comments: Wow! Conditions were very good for record scores (again).
We exceeded our previous record by early Sunday morning
(again!). 10 meters was a real band this time, with several
hours of good openings in the AM's to EU. Yet, the K was
very low, allowing for good results on 80, even without any
RX antennas.
I have to give my great thanks to K8CC, who spent many nights
before the contest to tweak his RITTY interface and add
CQWW RTTY to NA's repetoire. Having used his software for
many other contests, including our VHF multi @ K3MQH, I knew
if
there was one thing that WOULD work, it was his networking and
Multi-Op support. It wasnt perfect, but for the
first time ever, we didnt have to log on a second computer
network! That's going to save me about 24 hours of log
hashing time I'm sure. Less time logging meant more time to
make and pass QSO's
Also, thanks to W3LPL, who lets us "test" his hardware for the
real contests.
Of course I have to thank all the operators who came in on a
beautiful, hamfest weekend to help out. Everybody did a great
job, working cleanly and efficiently, and doing lots of
passing!
Yes!
73 til the next one!
Ty K3MM
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