Russian RTTY WW Contest
Call: K4RO
Operator(s): K4RO
Station: K4RO
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: TN
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts Mults
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80: 10 60 4
40: 86 540 20
20: 167 1150 39
15: 6 45 5
10: 0 0 0
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Total: 269 1795 68 Total Score = 122,060
Club: Tennessee Contest Group
Comments:
Another fun RTTY contest. Not a huge amount of participation,
but plenty of Believers were in there trying. DX highlights
included a decent 20m opening to Asia an hour before my sunset,
and a VK4 on long path. VA2UP had a huge signal on 15 meters,
but I never could get anything going there during the opening.
Not as many Russian QSOs as I'd hoped, but conditions were poor.
Here's a RTTY contesting tip. Program a button with *only* the
variable exchange element in it, repeated several times, and nothing
else. Don't put your call, their call, 599, TU, or anything else
in there. When someone asks you for a repeat (or a second repeat)
send only the variable exchange info, and nothing else. Otherwise,
Murphy always takes out the needed characters in a longer text string.
This requires more repeats, and thus more time wasted. Contesting is
basically about using time efficiently. It's you against the clock.
Keep that in mind when programming your function keys.
73 and thanks for the QSOs!
-Kirk K4RO
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