ARRL RTTY Roundup - 2023
Call: N1RM
Operator(s): N1RM
Station: N1RM
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 19:45
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 176
40: 394
20: 377
15: 136
10: 22
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Total: 1105 State/Prov = 60 Countries = 53 Total Score = 124,865
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
It was another contest in which I expected only to play a little but got hooked.
I could not do the full 24 hrs, but I spent more time than I initially expected
to. I started on 15m because (he sheepishly admitted) I hoped to pick up the
last 2 states needed on 15 for my 5BWAS. No luck there and it caused me to spend
more time there than I should have. I finally switched to 20M at about 2030Z. I
started with a half-hearted mult-hunt, and did okay, continuing on 40M starting
around 2300Z.
At 0000Z I finally settled into running, and spent most of the rest of the
evening doing that, switching to 80M around 0345Z. The new installation of the
OCF dipole hears better, and the VSWR is low enough to handle the A2000, so I
really had fun with that. Things finally dried up (including my eyes) around
0730Z so I went to bed.
Church obligations filled Sunday morning and I got back in the chair around
1730Z intending to operate a few more hours. Things seemed slow and I was having
trouble hearing many stations. But conditions gradually improved and I had some
good runs on 20M through the afternoon. Running is SO much more productive than
S&P - more so with RTTY than other modes, it seemed.
I stayed on until the contest shut down, happy with my results and not too
depressed by my position on the on-line scoreboard.
It was fun working all the PVRC folks. The station played very well.
Thanks for the Qs.
Rick
N1RM
K4, A2000, DB18E, OCF dipole
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