NA Sprint RTTY Contest
Call: N6WG
Operator(s): N6WG
Station: N6WG
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: Newark Ca
Operating Time (hrs): 3:10
Summary:
Band QSOs Op Time
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80: 8 0:20
40: 28 1:30
20: 17 1:20
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Total: 53 Mults = 18 Total Score = 954
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Team: NCCC 3
Comments:
SOAPBOX: This was my first RTTY Sprint, and it went reasonably well. No great
SOAPBOX: score, but I hadn't expected any either. Just wanted to see what all
SOAPBOX: the shouting was about :-) Also wanted one more station on the air to
SOAPBOX: pay tribute to a recently deceased NCCC member, Marc, W6ZZZ.
SOAPBOX:
SOAPBOX: I managed to squeeze in 3 hrs and 10 minutes, more than I expected,
SOAPBOX: between visitors and caregiver chores. That produced 53 QSOs with a
SOAPBOX: mix of S&P and CQing. Overall, the CQing was not terribly
SOAPBOX: productive. Perhaps I was doing it too early in the contest, when I
SOAPBOX: should have stayed with S&P. This gave me a rate of about 1 QSO
SOAPBOX: every 3.5 minutes.
SOAPBOX:
SOAPBOX: I noticed the usual mix of loud signals that couldn't hear me, and the
SOAPBOX: whisper-faint stations that came back to my first call. Looks like
SOAPBOX: business as usual :-)
SOAPBOX:
SOAPBOX: Mults were surprisingly hard to come by. Must have been some kind of
SOAPBOX: searchlight propagation, as most of my Qs came from just a small
SOAPBOX: number of states. I only had 10 mults on 20m and 8 on 40m.
SOAPBOX:
SOAPBOX: I noticed 20m started to thin out pretty fast after the first half
SOAPBOX: hour. I stuck with 20m, though, as I was getting enough QSOs to keep
SOAPBOX: up my interest. But by 0120Z, I had to drop down to 40m as 20m was
SOAPBOX: just too thin. Signals were still good, though, and I was getting
SOAPBOX: replies when I found a new station to call.
SOAPBOX:
SOAPBOX: I need to add a few more message keys to my keyboard for RTTY. Maybe
SOAPBOX: Hotkeys will do that for me. I'll have to read up on it and see.
SOAPBOX: Using a K3 and N1MM/MMTTY here.
SOAPBOX:
SOAPBOX: Thanks to all for the Qs in my first RTTY Sprint. Hope to do better
SOAPBOX: next time.
SOAPBOX: 73, Bob N6WG
SOAPBOX: The Little Station with Attitude
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