ARRL RTTY Roundup
Call: KR1DX
Operator(s): KC1CWF
Station: K1VR
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: K1VR
Operating Time (hrs): 6
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 85
40: 259
20: 199
15: 27
10: 0
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Total: 570 State/Prov = 52 Countries = 15 Total Score = 38,190
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
I was planning on operating the first 20 hrs of the contest with a few hrs off
in the middle of the night. The goal of this contest was to get practice running
on two bands at the same time. So did I meet that goal? Yeah, sure. I got the
hang of things quite quickly. I was running 4 decoders (MMTTY/GRTTY/2Tone/2Tone)
on each radio. I used 2 keyboards with N1MM+ and it was excellent. Absolutely
excellent. The integration was perfect. There were a few station bugs that
required constant restarting, and occasionally both radios would lock up,
causing one to switch bands, but N1MM+ worked perfectly.
About 20 minutes into the contest I received the devastating news that my dear
friend K3LP had passed away. David had a big impact on me, and I am sure he is a
hero for DXers all over. David was a true gentleman, always taking care of
others before himself, always willing to help those in need. I'm tearing up
writing this -- more later in this regard. David, if you're reading this, I'm
gonna miss you buddy. Obviously, words cannot express how I am feeling right
now.
Now, that being said, David would have wanted me to get back on the radio, so
that is what I did. After another 5 hours, and 500 QSOs, the amp on the left
radio decided to stop amplifying. I'm not an SO1R RTTY fan, and was pretty
saddened by David's death, so I packed it in. I miss David already. I hope
others will join me in both NAQP CW and SSB using "David" as their
name. I hope as a radio community we can create something to remember such a
wonderful man. More to come in the following days. Miss you buddy.
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