[3830] RTTY WPX N7WA SOAB LP

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                    CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest

Call: N7WA
Operator(s): N7WA
Station: N7WA

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts
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   80:  13    28
   40:  21    48
   20:  35    63
   15:   4     4
   10:   0     0
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Total:  73   143  Prefixes = 57  Total Score = 8,151

Club: Western Washington DX Club

Comments:

My first attempt at RTTY contesting. It started out Friday night with checking
out the station antennas for next weeks ARRL DX. Then I heard all the RTTY and
told myself, let's see how well that SignaLink USB works. Well, that meant I
had to go find MMTTY (which I later found out I didn't need too because it's
already in the N1MM install). So here I am trying to figure MMTTY with and
without N1MM and how to tune in RTTY signals a good part of Friday night. 

Saturday afternoon, after working in the yard most of the day, it was time to
try transmitting. I choose the AFSK route and read a bunch more about how not
to overdrive the signal. Hope I managed to do so. I spent some time playing on
a dead 15M to try and get the hang of stuff and filling in the function
macros.
		  
After dinner, I made my first RTTY Q in 20 years and the first in a contest. DX
to boot (P40YL) and I almost messed that one up by clicking on the wrong things.
By that time 20M was dying so I was able to get some experience S&Ping. I tried
some of those "profile" thingies. Still not sure about those - whether they
helped or hindered. Dropped down to 40M and 80M through the night and maybe
came up with 35 Q's.

Sunday was another day out in the yard. I listened in on 20M about lunch time. 
What a mess! I don't how anybody copies anything - it's almost like SSB (which I
don't do very well). Later in the afternoon, after the rain forced me inside, it
was better and I probably doubled my total in a couple hours. All S&P. Don't
know that this will ever be a great mode for me. Still have a lot to learn and
a lot of practice ahead.

cheers
dink


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