DL-DX RTTY Contest - 2019
Call: AB1J
Operator(s): AB1J
Station: AB1J
Class: SOAB-6-Dipole LP
QTH: Waltham EMA
Operating Time (hrs): 6:00
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts Mults
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80: 16 105 11
40: 63 470 20
20: 38 345 22
15:
10:
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Total: 117 920 53 Total Score = 48,760
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
According to Sir Issac:
F=ma or a=F/m
This was a tough contest which put the mass in masochist and the Force wasn't
with me, so I got very little acceleration. You do the math.
I got off to a bad start due to electrical storms moving through. As a 6 hour
entry I figured my best operating time would be about 4-10 pm locally. But
storms were predicted so I watched the lightning maps all afternoon. And on they
came, lumbering along, aimed right at me. I should have started earlier and
gotten some time in before they arrived, but I didn't, so I had to shut down
after only 40 minutes and didn't get back on until about 7:30 pm, losing about
three hours of prime time.
Aside from the storms and their QRN, conditions were poor and I found it very
tough going. This just made me more determined to forge on, being old and
stubborn.
80m wasn't productive at all with very bad evening distortion as the D layer
dissipated and the F layers sorted themselves out. 40m was better but I missed a
lot on 20m due to the storms. Again, I experienced worse QRN on 40m than 80m.
One bright spot is I had 28% of my Qs running, which is high.
I ran GRITTY which I don't normally do (too much more to watch) but I needed all
the help I could get. BTW, I've heard it said that GRITTY should be run on a
wide open passband, but I've never run it that way, instead at 350 or 400 Hz,
and it works just fine so I don't understand the issue. I always have to
initially calibrate it to my mark/space tones, but once it's set, all is well.
Rock on.
Thanks for the QSOs under difficult conditions. I'm looking forward to more RTTY
in the upcoming NAQP. I hope conditions are better.
73,
Ken, AB1J
Flex 6500
N1MM Logger+ MMTTY(narrow) MMTTY(wide) 2Tone(Selective) GRITTY
20m, 15m & 10m attic dipoles
80m & 40m outdoor 66' stealth wire, Dentron manual tuner and indoor
counterpoise
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