Congrats Dick. There's a lot of good things to be said about this operator.
I've had the opportunity to sit and watch this guy for
hours while I do other work on the computer. I just can't believe he's new to
RTTY.
He's doing a great service to RTTY operators by spending as much time as he
does on RTTY. 3C0 was ranked 13th rarest entity in 2005
and rated 9th rarest from North America.
I vividly remember working the 3C0V operation on RTTY in 2003 (gee, has it been
that long?). It was one of the most difficult new
ones I'd ever worked. Their frequency changed every time they transmitted. So
as I called I had to keep my hand on the VFO and
quickly tune them in when they transmitted. The rate was one QSO every 5 or
more minutes. And they were very weak, it was 15
meters.
So hats off to Elmo. Send him some money with your QSL!
For results of the 2005 Most Needed Entities on RTTY, go to:
http://aa5au.com/rttysurvey_2005_results.html
VU7 is coming up in December and it's ranked #2 rarest on RTTY second only to
BS7 which has never been activated on RTTY that I know
of. It should be interesting to see how well they do (and yes I need it too).
73, Don AA5AU
-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Dick White
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:14 PM
To: RTTY Contesting
Subject: [RTTY] Thanks to the 3C0M Op.
I want to publicly thank the 3C0M RTTY operator who patiently worked me at
2106z on 26/10/2006. He stayed with me and was kind
enough and professional in making sure I worked him.
For those who watched, here is what happened. It was a panic situation for me
after having blown the ZL8 DX.
I was working him up about 15 and called, 3C0M came back to me - I hit my macro
that sends the exchange for this type of operation -
nothing happened and the computer would not respond. PANIC BIG TIME
On the same TX freq. - 3C0M worked another call and I sent my call again - he
came back to me and I hand typed the exchange - I did
not see his usual QSL response - I sent "did you log me de KS0M ?"
He came back with "KS0M -- ROGER"
My blood pressure returned to about normal and I had a big smile on my face for
putting a new RTTY call in the log.
What a great op he was to stay with me and confirm my QSO after all the mess I
had made. I understand he was not a seasoned RTTY op,
but he is top notch in my book for not ignoring me.
Whoever the RTTY op was on 20M at 2106z, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
73 Dick KS0M
Richard C. "Dick" White
Fulton, MO. 65251 U.S.A.
whiter26@sbcglobal.net
Amateur Radio Station - KS0M
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