[3830] RTTY Roundup N4KG M/S HP

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                    ARRL RTTY Roundup

Call: N4KG
Operator(s): N4KG +PACKET
Station: N4KG

Class: M/S HP
QTH: ALA
Operating Time (hrs): 14

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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   80:   99
   40:  264
   20:  233
   15:   30
   10:    0
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Total:  626  State/Prov = 54  Countries = 52  Total Score = 66,356

Club: Alabama Contest Group

Comments:

Running RTTY Pileups is a LOT more FUN than Being in RTTY Pileups !  
(Maybe I should have kept that secret to myself :-)

40 and 20M Runs were quite good with the rate meter peaking at 120 and often in
the 90's.  Best 60 minutes around 75 Q's (still using separate MMTTY and Logging
Computers!)  Best DX: HZ on 20, DP1POL (Ant.) and UN1L on 40.
Packet only used occasionally.  

Missed DC NV ND VE1,8, VO1,2 VY1,0
heard W6SA in NV in last 30 mins working an XE)
DE MS NE WV called me on 40M while running EU

This was very much a Part Time Effort taking 9 Breaks of 30 to 90 minutes plus
8 hours off for Sleep / Breakfast.  Actual Operating Time = 14:15 hours in
mostly 1.5 to 2 hour sessions.   

Station Setup

Icom 746 with cascaded 500 Hz filters + MMTTY
B&W PT-2500 at 600 Watts Output 
(to save the tubes after losing 2 20-year-old 3-500Z's)

80M Dipole NE/SW at 130' (too high for nearby USA!)
80M Elevated GP
100' Center Fed 150/330 degrees at 80 ft used on 80 and 40M.
CC 2L40 at 100 ft left on EU (Rotor indicator broken)
TH7 at 40 ft for 20 and 15M.

High Band MonoBanders all Broken or damaged by 30 years of Tree Growth
and no longer able to rotate.

Tom N4KG in North Alabama


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