[3830] RTTY Roundup N6DW SO(A) RTTY HP

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                    ARRL RTTY Roundup - 2022

Call: N6DW
Operator(s): N6DW
Station: N6DW

Class: SO(A) RTTY HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 6

Summary:
 Band  RTTY Qs  Dig Qs
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   80:    30        
   40:    34        
   20:    47        
   15:    39        
   10:     0        
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Total:   150       0  State/Prov = 50  Countries = 23  Total Score = 10,950

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

I really enjoy RTTY contests but this one was very frustrating 
from a software standpoint.  My K3 would randomly jump from AFSK 
for FSK and stop sending my messages.  I figured out that I could 
manually return the rig to AFSK form the CONFIG menu, but that 
meant slow or lost QSOs.   
 
I had recently upgraded to Win11 
but I had made a concentrated effort to migrate everything and 
get it running in pre-contest tests.  I had to move misdirected 
files and change errant paths.  That, however, was a false sense 
of security.  I had 3 RTTY windows open when the problems 
started.   
 
I fumbled around a bit and then decided to 
uninstall and reinstall N1MM+ in an attempt to re-establish 
missing or bad paths and default locations.  That's when the 
virus software blocked installation and I had to hunt down Win 
Defender to turn it off.  Still no luck because I had to have 
administrator privileges, but it didn't give me an option to run 
as administrator.  By trial and error, I went to the download 
folder and move the N1MM installation file into a separate folder 
and then I was able with a right click to run it as an 
administrator. It was about this time that I found out that the 
SN1MM installation help had a special section on Win11 issues.  

Anyway, I lost about 4 
hours Saturday and I knew I would have limited operating time on 
Sunday, so I decided to just have a little fun and move on.  So, I 
did, as the score reflects.


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