SARTG WW RTTY Contest
Call: K4AQ
Operator(s): K4AQ
Station: K4AQ
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: Atlanta, GA
Operating Time (hrs): 5.8 (3 x 8-hr periods)
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts Mults
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80: 1 5 2
40: 20 185 11
20: 31 335 18
15: 1 10 2
10:
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Total: 53 535 33 Total Score = 17,655
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
http://www.sartg.com/contest/wwrules.htm
My first SARTG RTTY. Used the middle period to play in NAQP SSB.
WAC: NA SA OC
DXCC: HI K LU VE VK ZL ZP
Best DX (distances per WriteLog beam heading)
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1. 221141z VK4UC, Australia, 20m, 9094 mi (1819 mi/watt)
2. 221246z ZL2AMI, New Zealand, 20m, 8177 mi (1635 mi/watt)
Considering the poor band condx over the weekend, I was very surprised
when VK4UC and ZL2AMI copied my QRP calls.
Nice to work Paraguay/ZP5DBC on 20m, a country I seldom hear on the air.
It was interesting to observe IonoProbe (http://www.DXAtlas.com/) report
Radio Blackouts and/or Geomagnetic Storms in almost real-time. The bands
would get very quiet almost immediately when blackouts were reported.
Yaesu FT-897 transceiver operated at 5 watts into a 5-MHz OCF 28-gauge
insulated wire stealth antenna up 40 feet in heavy foliage trees next to
I-75 in downtown Atlanta industrial area (S9 noise level with 500-Hz IF
filter). SGC SG-237 Smartuner. Tigertronics SignaLink SL-1 sound card
radio interface. WriteLog 10.48f with RTTYrite.
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Matt Lee, K4AQ
Atlanta, GA USA
<K4AQ@arrl.net>
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