[3830] RTTY WPX W7TI SOSB/20 HP

[w7ti@dslextreme.com]

                     CQ/RJ RTTY WPX Contest
                    
Call: W7TI
Operator(s): W7TI
Station: W7TI

Class: SOSB/20 HP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 12
 

Summary:
 Band     QSOs   Points   Prefixes
-----------------------------------
   80:               
   40:               
   20:    391     801
   15:               
   10:               
-----------------------------------
Total:    391     801       257  =  205,858

Club: none

Comments:

Some people say six meters is the "Magic Band", but I have to disagree.  For 
me, it's 20.  Friday night, about three hours after sunset there came one of 
those magic moments when 20 is  seemingly open to the whole world at the same 
time.  In less than a half hour I worked all continents except Antarctica, and 
no doubt could have worked that if someone had been on.  Perhaps these moments 
happen more often than I know - they just become apparent during a contest.  
Anyway, it was great!  No offense intended to six meters - I spent the first 
years of my ham career there and enjoyed it thoroughly.  But 20 is in another 
league.

Had to work the first 1.5 hours of the contest plus Saturday, so decided to do 
something different.  Single band.  Came out pretty good for just under 12 
hours on the air.  But NEXT time, work is going to have to give. <g> 

One fellow I called told me I was a dupe, and despite lots of begging and 
groveling, refused to work me again.  First time that has ever happened to me.  
Might have been a language problem.  He's from one of those countries way over 
there.

For those who haven't used RiTTY by K6STI with WriteLog, you ought to give it a 
try.  The later versions have an algorithm which looks back at the previous 
characters and attempts to make sense out of the jumble by checking for shifted 
case, missing or flipped bits, etc.  Many times I saw where the call was not 
recognizable, and about a half second after the transmission stopped, up popped 
the call, correctly.  I'm not a programmer and I don't know what tricks Brian 
uses to make it happen, but it works.  Not 100%, but pretty close.  The 
contester's friend.

The usual disclaimers apply.  I count Brian as a friend, but have no financial 
interest.


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