I spent most of my Saturday putting up a new dipole for 40 and an
inverted vee for 80 meters. Had intended to work the NA Sprint for the
first time but forgot all about it and had a nice dinner and watched a
couple of TV shows with the XYL. Turned on the rig about 15 minutes
before the end of the Sprint, heard the RTTY activity and was going to
make a few contacts, but the COM port on my computer was locked up and I
had to reboot. Finally managed to make 2 contacts in the Sprint in the
last 5 minutes, one of which was with Ken N6RO. Guess the new 80 meter
antenna is working OK. Maybe I can participate the entire time during
the next Sprint!
Tim W4IOU
On 3/9/2014 1:05 AM, Ken Keeler wrote:
NA Sprint RTTY Contest - March
Call: N6RO
Operator(s): N6RO
Station: N6RO
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Op Time
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80: 43 1:20
40: 77 4:00
20: 87 2:40
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Total: 207 Mults = 41 Total Score = 8,487
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Team: NCCC #1
Comments:
20m was in good shape, 40m was noisy, 80 was acceptable.
Too many folks don't understand sprint format, but at least they got
on for the
event. Thursday night RTTY practices could help some learn and
practice the
message format, how do we get the word out?
I made a list of nearly a dozen " typical infractions" by the
in-experienced sprinters, but not by call sign ( tho I remember a few).
There was plenty of promotion on all the contest reflectors and RTTY
reflectors about procedure, but evidently,
many don't subscribe to any reflectors. Next time I'll email those
'offenders' who might or might not appreciate my offering.
Or, I might not do this sprint again. It was much worse than any
previous RY sprints I've tried. Humbug!
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