[3830] RTTY WPX WQ6X(@NX6T) SOAB HP

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                    CQ WPX RTTY Contest - 2021

Call: WQ6X
Operator(s): WQ6X
Station: NX6T

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Fallbrook, Ca
Operating Time (hrs): 33:33
Remote Operation

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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   80:   88
   40:  351
   20:  266
   15:  149
   10:    0
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Total:  854  Prefixes = 368  Total Score = 834,256

Club: San Diego Contest Club

Comments:

There's a REASON it's called a WEIRD prefix contest, LoTsa weird things
happen as well as the Weird callsigns.  Nevertheless, working around shack
heat problems in Fallbrook (as I ran ~1350 watts much of the time), 
on Sunday I dialed it back to a mere KW - Oh the sacrifices we make.
Last weekend in the XE-RTTY contest, the 14.100 beacon corridor was completely
QUIET.  This weekend in the WPX GiG I was APPALLED at how it was JAMMED 
with signals OBLITERATING the beacon copy - no WONDER non-contesters HATE us.

For this weekend, a recent change in Ethernet connections all but 
eliminated dropouts on the W7AYT end of the remote connection.
If I disappeared on you it was due to the occasional 1.5-minute
internet dropout that sometimes occurs in Fallbrook.

I put out CQ calls several times on 10-meters (Saturday AND Sunday)
and had no takers; altho somehow I had a feeling the band was open.
With the recent SFI = 71, it ain't no easy thing, but I gopherit anyway.
The RBN showed no 10-meter spots; then again it showed no activity on 80-m
altho I was running frequencies more-or-less all evening.

You'll notice I send "5NN" instead of 599 in a contest requiring a
serial #
afterwards.  It's easy to confuse 599 with the serial # as happened when
I received: WQ6X TU UR 599 599 599 - HuH?
Overall it was an enjoyable RTTY GiG.  I enjoyed all the activity from
14.101 to 14.145 and 21.100 - 21.40.  The room is there - use it and enjoy
relatively QRM-free contesting.

I will write up this GiG soon at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com


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