[3830] NAQP RTTY W6YX(N7MH) Single Op LP

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North American QSO Party, RTTY - February

Call: W6YX
Operator(s): N7MH
Station: W6YX

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   80:   88    32
   40:  300    48
   20:  279    53
   15:  179    45
   10:  108    26
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Total:  954   204  Total Score = 194,616

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Team: 

Comments:

M/2 was the original plan for this contest but I got too busy to organize an
effort and didn't hear from anyone else.

I was too late to sign up for an NCCC team by the time I decided for sure that
I'd try to get on.  K6TJ was at the W6YX shack when I arrived.  Pete was
interested in how I got set up for the contest so I explained step-by-step what
I was doing, slowing the set-up in the process.

I'd hoped to use SO2R but time was running out and I wasn't sure I'd be able to
configure the second sound card in the computer I was using.  So I decided to
start with a single K3 and re-evaluate my options after my first break.

After a few minutes of operating I set up a decoder on the second VFO of the K3
so that I could S&P while running on the main VFO.  I hadn't done this in 2
or 3 years and it took a long time to get it all set up, on the fly while I was
running.  It was much harder to tune in signals on the second VFO than I'd
remembered and after struggling to find and make 2 S&P QSOs I took my first
break to set up SO2R at 1:12 into the contest.

I turned on a second computer and FT1000MP for SO2R, with Writelog's software
lockout.  This was my first experience with RTTY SO2R.  It really boosted the
rate, particularly when dual CQing.

Since I had the decoder set up on the K3's sub-RX I tried to S&P while
running on both radios but it became apparent that this was very difficult to
do and I only made a few QSOs, mostly when by accident the sub-RX VFO was
sitting on a frequency where I saw something printing.

If I had started with SO2R I'm guessing I'd have made 40 to 50 more Qs and been
close to Jeff/WK6I's score from W7RN.  As it was I'm glad I had the opportunity
to try RTTY SO2R.

Thanks to all for the Qs and to the few that attempted moves for me.

73,
-Mike, N7MH

Cabrillo Statistics           (Version 10g)           by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat

CALLSIGN: W6YX
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CONTEST: NAQP-RTTY
OPERATORS: N7MH

-------------- Q S O   R a t e   S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour     160     80     40     20     15     10    Rate Total    Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1800       0      0      0      0      0     60     60     60    6.3
1900       0      0      0      0     22     25     47    107   11.2
2000       0      0      0      8     74     23    105    212   22.2
2100       0      0      0     62     44      0    106    318   33.3
2200       0      0      0     77     20      0     97    415   43.5
2300       0      0      0     29     12      0     41    456   47.8
0000       0      0     20     57      7      0     84    540   56.6
0100       0      0     72     42      0      0    114    654   68.6
0200       0     12    103      4      0      0    119    773   81.0
0300       0     26     68      0      0      0     94    867   90.9
0400       0     49     33      0      0      0     82    949   99.5
0500       0      1      4      0      0      0      5    954  100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total      0     88    300    279    179    108    954

Gross QSOs=964        Dupes=10        Net QSOs=954

Unique callsigns worked = 555

The best 60 minute rate was 124/hour from 0144 to 0243
The best 30 minute rate was 136/hour from 2116 to 2145
The best 10 minute rate was 156/hour from 1954 to 2003

The best 1 minute rates were:
 4 QSOs/minute   19 times.
 3 QSOs/minute   89 times.
 2 QSOs/minute  204 times.
 1 QSOs/minute  203 times.

There were 386 bandchanges and 217 (22.7%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.


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