NAQP RTTY 2013 Score Summary Sheet
Start Date : 2013-02-23
CallSign Used : N0SQ
Operator(s) : N0SQ
Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
Band : ALL
Power : LOW (100W)
Mode : RTTY/FSK
Overlay Category : OVER-50
Default Exchange : LEE NE
Gridsquare : DN81EU
Name : LEE
Country : USA
ARRL Section : NE
Club/Team : None
Software : N1MM Logger V13.1.3
Band QSOs Pts Sec
3.5 43 43 25 0
7 41 41 24 1
14 63 63 28 0
21 39 39 22 1
28 1 1 1 0
Total 187 187 100 2
Score : 19,074
Rig : TS2000
Antennas : TA-33SR, 40m and 80m dipoles (homebrew)
Software: N1MM/MMTTY/WinXP running in VirtualBox on Linux host
Soapbox : It took some time to learn how to use the N1MM/MMTTY combo
but I guess I didn't do too bad in the contest. I operated for 8 hours. But, I
need to set something up so that I know when the contest ends - time flies when
you're having fun. Anyway, it seems that the AFC function doesn't always help.
I'm not sure if that's why I had difficulty figuring out if someone was
replying to me or to someone else since I believe that by the time the AFC
kicked in the callsign didn't display. Part of the problem is that some people
believe in short exchanges so they modified the default exchange to drop the
callsign at the end of the transmission (i.e. they sent the format <N0SQ
whoever-state> instead of <N0SQ whoever-state N0SQ>). Also, tuning was sharper
than I'm used to and it seemed like the software tuning displays couldn't keep
up with rapid tuning - I felt that it was easier to tune in a signal with my
old Kam. At least I remembered to leave the amp turned off thi
s time.
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