I was hoping for an opening to EU on 20M starting at 0800Z but it didn't
happen. Checked again at 0900Z and heard some EU stations
under the noise but they couldn't hear me. The band didn't open to EU until
about 1300Z which is unusually late. Worked a few
station but it was basically a bust.
Don AA5AU
-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Keith Maton
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 11:04 AM
To: Ktfrog007@aol.com
Cc: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
I pointed my beam west for the last half hour and worked five or six North
American stations. fldigi coped fine. Kermit, you were
one of those I worked so thanks for the points and multiplier.
73 Keith, G6NHU
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On 3 Mar 2013, at 16:04, Ktfrog007@aol.com wrote:
> It's a short contest set up to favor Eastern Europe. Makes sense for
> them, but not much for the rest of the universe. I had about 40 QSOs,
> mostly on the higher bands. All of them were tough because the bands
> were never optimal for me at the time of the contest. Mostly comic
> relief from the ARRL DX Phone.
>
> I spent a lot of the time spotting stations for others to hear and
> work and maybe stir up a bit more activity.
>
> N1MM sort of worked for me but didn't handle the exchange (XXNNN)
> properly if the QTH field was pre-filled. To make it convenient, I'd
> delete any pre-fill and then click on the exchange. Also, N1MM let me
> do the dupe determination, rather than flagging it directly. A minor
> inconvenience since it did show the previous QSOs at the bottom of the
> log. I just had to pay attention to the band and time.
>
> I saw the log rules and they seemed rather draconian, but I'll submit
> my log to help others out. I would encourage others to do the same.
>
> 73,
> Kermit, AB1J
>
> In a message dated 3/3/2013 15:51:43 Coordinated Universal Time,
> aa5vu@att.net writes:
>
> No logging or scoring issues. I did not hear or work one QSO in the
> contest. I did listen in all for sessions. No signals to my QTH in South
> Texas.
>
> Maybe next year
>
> Dick AA5VU
> In a message dated 3/3/2013 14:03:04 Coordinated Universal Time,
> g6nhu@me.com writes:
>
> If anyone has made any QSOs in this contest, please submit the log.
>
> From the rules:
>
> " Valid QSOs will be confirmed to participant if all cross-checked data
> in logs is present and correct.
> Please send your LOG even if you made only a few QSOs, it will give
> valid points to other participants."
>
> In other words, if you worked someone and don't submit a log, they
> don't get the points!
>
> 73 Keith, G6NHU
>
>
>
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