ARRL RTTY Roundup
Call: WQ6X
Operator(s): WQ6X
Station: NX6T
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: Fallbrook
Operating Time (hrs): 15:55
Remote Operation
Summary:
Band RTTY Qs Dig Qs
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80: 111 0
40: 278 0
20: 187 0
15: 85 0
10: 5 0
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Total: 666 0 State/Prov = 52 Countries = 16 Total Score = 45,288
Club: San Diego Contest Club
Comments:
This weekend was ad-Hoc all around.
I originally planned to run my FT-1000mp @100 watts RTTY (the 1000mp LOAFS along
at 100 watts) from W7AYT's QTH into the latest incarnation of the WQ6X Lazy 8jK
sloper. Unfortunately, CAT cable failures meant that while I could easily
send/receive RTTY, I would not be able to CAT-control the radio.
Fortunately, I brought my secret "black bag" containing an Elecraft
K3/0 and all of its attendant GooDies allowing the operation of STN-1 @NX6T in
Fallbrook.
The onsite K3 fed a classic Acom 2000 amplifier to produce 550 - 950 watts
(depending on the band, my mood and temperature/heat situation in the Fallbrook
ham shack).
All the equipment problems kept me off the air for the 1st 5 hours. At 23:00z
the K3/0 went to work putting 41 QSOs in the log. Shifting to 40 and then 80
and back to 40 produced some very nice frequency runs. Only MS & ND kept
WQ6X from WAS. Where were the more eastern Canadians (VE4, VE1, VE8, VY &
VO)?
Running a Stepp-IR & 2-element shorty-40 made it easy to work stations off
the backside (or BI-directional); which is how all the KH6 and ZL stations made
it into the log. A pair of 10-meter openings on Sunday put CX7 & YV1 into
the log. 10 often sounds dead because everyone is listening and no one is
calling CQ.
The biggest confusion was the callsign prefixes not matching their area (Ex: NY6
in NY, NZ8 in TX, W8 in SC, etc.) In many cases, stations SHOULD have signed
/portable when they were in "rare" states (like NV, WY and DE) so they
stand out more, encouraging more calling stations.
A BEEF I have with most RTTY contests are the IDIOTs who use the 14.100 NCDXF
Beacon frequency as their personal run frequency. We already have ENOUGH
difficulty copying the beacons without IDIOT-LID RTTY OPs adding to the
reception problem.
Did YOU work the ARRL RTTY RU? Is WQ6X in YOUR LoG?
Look for a contest BLOG writeup on this GiG at: WQ6X.Blogspot.com
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