ARRL RTTY Roundup
Call: K7RE
Operator(s): K7RE
Station: K7RE
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: SD
Operating Time (hrs): 23.75
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 167
40: 273
20: 375
15: 184
10: 0
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Total: 999 State/Prov = 52 Countries = 34 Total Score = 85,914
Club:
Comments:
Yea, I know 999! I worked 23 hours 45 minutes. I really gave it my all and
tried my
level best in this one, and shot past my last year's scores and goals for this
year, so I
am a happy camper. Having 2 rotatable beams aimed in different directions sure
helps
when one is in the middle of the country. I also pressed into action my wire
vee beams
and verticals. Instant switching on those antennas as well really helped me
bring the
best possible signals to each location in each QSO. Conditions were quite good
for this
point in the solar cycle. 15 was open somewhat both days, which really helped,
but no EU
stations were heard on 15. I was able to work only enough EU stations on 20 to
get some
of the common mults on 20M Sunday morning. Highlight was being called by HI, AK
and 2
South African stations. Thanks folks. I missed DC, DE, WY MT and ND, and the
rarer
Provinces in Canada. I stayed on the lower bands longer than usual in hopes of
snagging
the close in states that I needed, and VE4, but never got them all. I am
seriously
thinking of doing an all out effort from ND as a portable station for several
contests
next season, especially CW SS and ARRL RTTY RU. The very changeable and
possibly WX is
the main drawback up in western ND. Tough to face below zero temps in a camper
while
having to erect antennas, even if simple dipoles and wire antennas! Then again,
this is
all supposed to be a challenge, right?
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