[3830] CQ/RJ WW RTTY WB8K SOAB LP

[wb8k at arrl.net]

                    CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: WB8K
Operator(s): WB8K
Station: WB8K

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: North Royalton, Ohio
Operating Time (hrs): 33

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts   State/Prov  DX   Zones
------------------------------------------
   80:   66    99       27      12    10
   40:  190   375       34      36    15
   20:  377   934       42      61    19
   15:  339   893       23      63    21
   10:  257   698       16      62    25
------------------------------------------
Total: 1229  2999      142     234    90  Total Score = 1,397,534

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

Modest conditions at the start, 10/20 meters were poor but 15,40 and even 80
worked well. Sunday morning the bands began to even out with 10 & 20 meters
coming back a bit. Noticed the W/VE count was down from last year but DX was up.
 Signals over the pole were mostly watery - the RITTY front end with  Writelog
really shined here.  Was using a PK-232 as second decoder with the audio split
off the MP and RITTY was the hands down winner. 
For me & my limited station this year was quite an improvement. More than
doubled last years score and I felt at least a bit more competitive, even
without the benefit of the 'east coast advantage'. It was a thrill to be able to
run stations and actually hold a frequency for a few short periods with low
power: some real gentelmen/ladies in this contest.

Will be back again next year.
 
Same setup as last year:

Writelog/RITTY
FT-1000MP (80 watts)
Cush Craft A3S @ 50'
40 vertical wire loop (top at 45')
80 Meters - Shunt fed 50' tower
The 160/80/40 listening wire is down on the ground thanks to the fallen trees.

73 & thanks for the qso's

Denny  WB8K


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