[CQ-Contest] CQ WW RTTY Practice

[ed at w0yk.com]

The overall World Wide DX contest season opened at the end of August with
the inaugural WW Digi DX Contest.  However, as always, the venerable CQ
World Wide DX Contest season opens this weekend with the RTTY mode.   The
following practice sessions provide an opportunity to check out equipment,
software, operator, etc.:

 

Thursday, 26 September, 2000-2100z (Thursday evening, EU time)
Friday, 29 September, 0300-0400z (Thursday evening, NA time)

 

Use whichever bands work for you at each time slot.  Use regular contest
messages and be prepared to have someone alert you that the contest starts a
day later.  Some people program a message memory with "PRACTICE FOR CQ WW"
or similar.

 

Rules are available at  <http://www.cqwwrtty.com/rules.htm>
http://www.cqwwrtty.com/rules.htm in English and several other languages
thanks to a number of volunteer translators.


MixW users please note the instructions at
<http://www.cqwwrtty.com/logs.htm#MixW_Notes>
http://www.cqwwrtty.com/logs.htm#MixW_Notes which explain how to setup the
logger prior to the contest so that a proper Cabrillo formatted log file
can be created after the contest.

Submit your log using the web tool at  <http://www.cqww.com/logcheck/>
http://www.cqww.com/logcheck/ which checks your log format in real-time for
convenient and quick fixes, as needed, before submitting to the robot for
you.

Ed W0YK

P.S.  Don't miss the CQ WW RTTY DX Contest webinar:

2019-09-24 1900 UTC (Tuesday afternoon USA, Tuesday evening EU)
<https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5635667096636911885> Register
2019-09-25 0100 UTC (Tuesday evening USA, Wednesday morning EU)
<https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3449718133851492619> Register


CQ WW RTTY DX - Legacy Digital Contesting
Ed Muns, W0YK, Presenter

 

We will review the 32-year history of the CQ WW RTTY DX Contest and describe
the few distinctive rule differences from the CQ WW CW/SSB DX Contests.  The
various participant resources will be examined along with log submittal, Log
Check Reports, the Scores Database and awards. Questions and discussion will
be fielded at the end. The webinar is being offered at two different times
to reach as many people worldwide as possible.