CQ WPX RTTY Contest - 2021
Call: K9ZO
Operator(s): K9ZO
Station: K9ZO
Class: SOAB LP
Class Overlay: Classic
QTH: IL
Operating Time (hrs): 9:48
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 137
40: 247
20: 19
15: 6
10:
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Total: 409 Prefixes = 209 Total Score = 190,190
Club: Metro DX Club
Comments:
I never did much with RTTY. My DXCC was with a K3 and paddles. My computers
were always so slow that they sat and decoded and the guy calling me would call
again before I got his report. So I just puttered around.
Last spring I was not very successful in decoding FT8 DX, so I got a newer,
faster computer. Thanks to K9CT for helping me find a good deal and good specs.
W9ILY helped with loading and configuring software. WT2P came in with
TeamViewer to figure out why the Flex DAX would not pass tones to be decoded by
MMTTY. It was warm enough in the shack and zero degrees outside, but I didn't
need an amp.
I did house projects the first day, then started on Saturday evening and
operated some on Sunday. It took a while to get in the groove, but became
comfortable so I could read the paper while contesting. I called CQ on 20, but
rarely got a reply, so stayed on the low bands. This is the most contacts I
have made on RTTY. SO2R would really be fun. I need another tower! No RX
antennas needed when you run low power.
It took a lot of naps to get through this contest. I'm pretty tired these days.
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