[CQ-Contest] Let's get RTTY Roundup on your calendars! Jan 8th-9th 2022

[Jeff Stai]

*Rules*: http://contests.arrl.org/ContestRules/RTTY-RU-Rules.pdf

*Practice*: In the interest of helping everyone get their FT and RTTY game
together, we're scheduling a couple of practice sessions for both FT4/8 and
RTTY. (For RTTY-only practice, don't forget we also have the NS RTTY on
Thursdays http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html )

2200-2230 UTC, 7 January (Friday afternoon NA time) - RTTY focus
2230-2300 UTC, 7 January (Friday afternoon NA time) - FT4/8 focus

0200-0230 UTC, 8 January (Friday evening NA time) - RTTY focus
0230-0300 UTC, 8 January (Friday evening NA time) - FT4/8 focus

*Where*: Operate just like it's the real thing that starts on Saturday
January 8th. Use whatever bands are open and active for you at each time
slot. For FT4/8, I'd like to propose we practice using the bands
recommended for the FT Roundup earlier this month. Here:

https://www.rttycontesting.com/ft-roundup/rules/

(I'd like to also recommend that the same FT subbands be used for the
contest, but that's above my pay grade. 😁)

"Focus" just means: let's focus on RTTY or FT for the 30 minutes - but if
you want to practice switching back and forth between RTTY and FT by all
means do so. I expect you'll find others of a like mind, it sounds like a
good exercise.

Most of all, have fun in the RTTY Round-Up!

73 jeff wk6i

ps: How about that two break rule? Here's the writeup from the 2021 Roundup
results article:

In a nutshell, the log checking software scans your
log to find all of the gaps between logged QSOs that
are 30 minutes or longer. Note that this scan does
not consider as a “gap” neither the time between
1800 UTC and your first logged QSO, nor the time
between your last logged QSO and 2359 UTC on
Sunday.

The software finds the two longest gaps and scores
those as “off-time” - your two official breaks. It
then scans your log again starting with your first
logged QSO, skipping the off-time and adding up
on-time until on-time adds up to 24 hours. Any
logged contacts after 24 hours of on-time are simply
not counted.

Note that all this pertains to how your log is scored

(This is where my friend Ed WØYK hops in and
says “But you can keep operating!” It’s true, you
can keep operating after your 24 hours - if you’re
having fun, why not keep having fun? - and you can
do so without penalty. In fact many top contesters
will log contacts after their time limit has been
reached “just in case”. But if you do, log all those
contacts and include them in your Cabrillo log.
Whatever you do, never delete QSOs from your
log even if they are past your 24 hours - Don’t worry,
log checking will sort it out!)


-- 
Jeff Stai ~ WK6I ~ wk6i.jeff at gmail.com
RTTY op at W7RN
Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/