[3830] Makrothen RTTY AB1J SO/Single Xcvr LP

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                    Makrothen RTTY Contest

Call: AB1J
Operator(s): AB1J
Station: AB1J

Class: SO/Single Xcvr LP
QTH: Waltham, MA
Operating Time (hrs): 12

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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   80:     
   40:   58
   20:   19
   15:   92
   10:   62
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Total:  231  Total Score = 1,032,490

Club: 

Comments:

There are Saturday afternoons in the fall when it's chilly and dreary and
raining outside and I'm all snug and warm in my shack with the rig purring away
and I feel really good.  That's how it was this Saturday in the Makrothen.  

This was a casual operation as I didn't have the oomph for a full time go. 
Mostly I wanted to give Qs to friends and friendly foes.  And I wanted to pile
up enough klicks to get to the moon and back safely with some to spare.

Another goal was to work 10m while I still can.  The Sunday morning segment was
good with a nice long opening to Europe.

And finally, I like to support this contest as I think all so-called DX
contests should be distance scored.  I wish the sponsors would promote it more
aggressively.

It struck me that this a contest where someone in Argentina could really clean
up.  All the population centers (JA/BY, NA, EU) are north of the equator and
far away on an equatorial path, we're still near the September equinox and for
someone in BA it should be like shooting fish in a barrel with the score piling
up obscenely.  

I didn't hear a single station from LU land.  Go figure.  Maybe the propagation
wasn't favorable.  Too bad.

Thanks for the Qs.

73,
Ken, AB1J

FT2000  TS940S(skimmer)  WR-G33DDC(bandscope)
N1MM(MMVARI-MMTTY-2TONE)  TrueTTY  RCKskimmer
20-10 ttic dipoles, outdoor 40m coaxial dipole
Win8 and XP computers


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