ARRL RTTY Roundup
Call: K5ZD
Operator(s):
Station:
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: MA
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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80: 220
40: 373
20: 482
15: 440
10: 313
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Total: 1828 124 = 226,672
Club:
Comments:
My first "serious" RTTY contest ever. Wow, lots more fun than I ever expected.
Many of the skills from CW/SSB contesting are applicable, but it is also
completely different. Kind of like grabbing callsigns from a Boggle game.
Used WriteLog and it really has the sound card demodulating and two radio
functionality working perfectly. I could print anything I could hear.
I was not as mentally tired after the contest. RTTY doesn't require the brain
to do the hard work of copying, just the business of figuring out. And the
software color codes everything so it is a more visual experience. Still, got
confused a few times when trying to watch output from two screens at once.
Activity seemed to be very good. Bands were good enough - worked JA on 10-20.
80m was very quiet so it was possible to work everyone without too much
trouble. The second radio was responsible for much of the score. There is a
lot of dead time in RTTY contests, so the second rig keeps the mind active.
My plan was to treat the contest as a combination of SS and a DX contest.
Focused on working rate and USA on Saturday, then ran Europe all day on Sunday.
Ratesheet
Hour 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm OffTime
D1-1800Z - - - 77/30 24/16 101/46 101/46
D1-1900Z - - 35/6 35/6 22/9 92/21 193/67
D1-2000Z - - 59/9 24/2 - 83/11 276/78
D1-2100Z - - 40/5 14/2 15/2 69/9 345/87
D1-2200Z - 17/5 19/1 23/2 7/1 66/9 411/96
D1-2300Z - 66/4 5/0 16/1 5/0 92/5 503/101
D2-0000Z --+-- 36/1 42/1 --+-- --+-- 78/2 581/103
D2-0100Z 29/1 7/1 36/0 1/1 - 73/3 654/106
D2-0200Z 48/0 19/0 7/0 - - 74/0 728/106
D2-0300Z 48/0 38/1 - - - 86/1 814/107
D2-0400Z 35/0 42/0 - - - 77/0 891/107
D2-0500Z 42/0 33/1 - - - 75/1 966/108
D2-0600Z 12/0 27/1 1/0 - - 40/1 1006/109 30
D2-0700Z - - - - - 0/0 1006/109 60
D2-0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 1006/109 60
D2-0900Z - - - - - 0/0 1006/109 60
D2-1000Z - - - - - 0/0 1006/109 60
D2-1100Z - - 5/0 5/1 - 10/1 1016/110 45
D2-1200Z - - 20/0 62/2 12/0 94/2 1110/112
D2-1300Z - - - 30/0 53/1 83/1 1193/113
D2-1400Z - 1/0 7/1 18/1 44/0 70/2 1263/115
D2-1500Z - - - 36/0 39/1 75/1 1338/116
D2-1600Z --+-- --+-- 17/0 3/0 49/1 69/1 1407/117
D2-1700Z - - 11/0 38/0 13/2 62/2 1469/119
D2-1800Z - - 67/1 9/0 4/0 80/1 1549/120
D2-1900Z - - 51/2 12/0 6/0 69/2 1618/122
D2-2000Z - - 30/0 27/0 - 57/0 1675/122
D2-2100Z - 32/0 6/0 5/1 20/0 63/1 1738/123
D2-2200Z - 26/0 6/0 3/0 - 35/0 1773/123 30
D2-2300Z 6/0 29/0 18/1 2/0 - 55/1 1828/124 15
Total: 220/1 373/14 482/27 440/49 313/33
80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total %
EU 62 140 233 241 174 850 46.5
NA 158 230 224 178 121 911 49.8
SA 0 0 4 6 7 17 0.9
OC 0 2 3 3 6 14 0.8
AF 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.2
AS 0 1 17 11 4 33 1.8
Worked all states, 9 provinces and 67 countries. Heard a 9K2 work N2WK on 10m,
heard A52YL work some Europeans on 20, and heard YV5AAX all over the place but
he never called me.
I listened to PSK several times on Sunday on 10 and 15. Never heard anyone
calling CQ contest. Tried calling CQ for a few minutes on 15, got one answer
that I just couldn't copy (even though the signal was loud) so I gave up. The
rate was too high on RTTY anyway.
This is a new record score for single-op high power.
Randy, K5ZD
k5zd@contesting.com
http://www.k5zd.com
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