[3830] NA Sprint RTTY N6WG QRP

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                    NA Sprint RTTY Contest

Call: N6WG
Operator(s): N6WG
Station: N6WG

Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: Newark Ca
Operating Time (hrs): 3:10

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Op Time
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   80:   8     0:20
   40:  28     1:30
   20:  17     1:20
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Total:  53     Mults = 18  Total Score = 954

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Team: NCCC 3

Comments:

SOAPBOX: This was my first RTTY Sprint, and it went reasonably well.  No great
SOAPBOX: score, but I hadn't expected any either.  Just wanted to see what all
SOAPBOX: the shouting was about :-)  Also wanted one more station on the air to
SOAPBOX: pay tribute to a recently deceased NCCC member, Marc, W6ZZZ.
SOAPBOX: 
SOAPBOX: I managed to squeeze in 3 hrs and 10 minutes, more than I expected,
SOAPBOX: between visitors and caregiver chores.  That produced 53 QSOs with a
SOAPBOX: mix of S&P and CQing.  Overall, the CQing was not terribly
SOAPBOX: productive.  Perhaps I was doing it too early in the contest, when I
SOAPBOX: should have stayed with S&P.  This gave me a rate of about 1 QSO
SOAPBOX: every 3.5 minutes.
SOAPBOX: 
SOAPBOX: I noticed the usual mix of loud signals that couldn't hear me, and the
SOAPBOX: whisper-faint stations that came back to my first call.  Looks like
SOAPBOX: business as usual :-)
SOAPBOX: 
SOAPBOX: Mults were surprisingly hard to come by.  Must have been some kind of
SOAPBOX: searchlight propagation, as most of my Qs came from just a small
SOAPBOX: number of states.  I only had 10 mults on 20m and 8 on 40m.
SOAPBOX: 
SOAPBOX: I noticed 20m started to thin out pretty fast after the first half
SOAPBOX: hour.  I stuck with 20m, though, as I was getting enough QSOs to keep
SOAPBOX: up my interest.  But by 0120Z, I had to drop down to 40m as 20m was
SOAPBOX: just too thin.  Signals were still good, though, and I was getting
SOAPBOX: replies when I found a new station to call.
SOAPBOX: 
SOAPBOX: I need to add a few more message keys to my keyboard for RTTY.  Maybe
SOAPBOX: Hotkeys will do that for me.  I'll have to read up on it and see. 
SOAPBOX: Using a K3 and N1MM/MMTTY here.
SOAPBOX: 
SOAPBOX: Thanks to all for the Qs in my first RTTY Sprint.  Hope to do better
SOAPBOX: next time.
SOAPBOX: 73, Bob N6WG
SOAPBOX: The Little Station with Attitude


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