[3830] RTTY WPX AB1J SOSB/40 LP

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                    CQ WPX RTTY Contest

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

Class: SOSB/40 LP
QTH: Waltham, MA
Operating Time (hrs): ~14

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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   80:   58
   40:  131
   20:   95
   15:   16
   10:     
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Total:  131  Prefixes = 92  Total Score = 28,704

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

2018-03-13: I found this unsubmitted report lying around so I decided to clear
it out of my life.  Better ever than never, I guess.  What I'm actually doing is
trying to get psyched for shoveling snow as we're having our 3rd nor'easter in
12 days.

I entered on 40m but had fun on other bands too. The entire log was submitted.

Solar data during the contest:

Sat 1200 UTC  SFI=72 SSN=23 eSSN=9  Kp=1
Sun 2400 UTC  SFI=72 SSN=35 eSSN=10 Kp=1

Not too bad.

I tried using my K9L 60th anniversary SE call.  It had worked pretty well in the
XE-RTTY, but not here.  Strong regional stations calling CQ with no answers
refused to work me and I soon gave up and reverted to my regular call.  I wasn't
trying to cause problems, so it was OK.

Still, I was surprised about that.  Here are some calls I've worked in contests:
VC3C2C, LM9L40Y, ZL4RUGBY. All those are brain-teasers I managed to survive just
fine.  To be sure, most EU and other special calls are long rather than short,
but here in the USA we have the 1x1s.  I guess when a call is short, something
is assumed to be missing.  If long, it's assumed there's more to come.  I
suppose the SCP worked against me.

After years I'm still futzing with my RTTY window arrangement. I have a 27"
main monitor which is plenty roomy on CW/SSB but gets crowded on RTTY.  The
biggest problem is getting the log window situated so I pay more attention to it
(to immediately notice clumsy logging errors), plus keep other important windows
visually handy. When I look at something, my cone of clear vision is actually
quite small.  I think I've finally gotten an optimal window layout for RTTY.
That's no mean achievement.

I have a 2nd, smaller monitor to the left for secondary windows.  It's full,
too.  There's a lot to pay attention to.

Aside from trying to use my 1x1 call, I didn't have any particular goal in the
contest except that I enjoy operating RTTY.  A couple years ago I joined the
YCCC but found they are only interested in the CQ-WW and ARRL-DX CW & SSB,
so there's no motivation there.  It might be fun for them to organize teams in
contests like this for intra-club competition.  The NAQP teams are fun, but they
are already built into the NCJ rules.

Thanks for all the QSOs. 

73,
Ken, AB1J

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