[NCC] 2012 RTTY Contesting Schedule

[WB8K]

And to add to the fun, look into the BARTG RTTY contests coming up.

See http://www.bartg.org.uk/contests.asp

These are fast moving and very well attended contests.

Denny  - WB8K



On 1/9/2012 8:37 AM, Ray Fallen wrote:
> Good morning and let the whipping commence...
>
> Thanks (I think) to K8AZ for asking me to be the North Coast
> Contesters RTTY Whip again for 2012.
>
> I'll be in your collective faces for all of the major RTTY contests this
> year,
> including (ahem, pay attention here, W8CAR) team formation and score
> reporting.
>
> Hopefully some of you had the opportunity to get on for the ARRL RTTY
> Roundup this weekend.  WW3S did an SO2R effort at VP9GE's place
> and did extremely well.
>
> Just so you can pencil in some upcoming activity...here are some of the more
> important RTTY contests coming up in 2012:
>
> 2/11-2/12 CQ-WW-WPX RTTY 0000Z-2400Z...full 48 hour contest
>
> 2/25-2/26 North American QSO Party RTTY 1800Z-0600Z
>
> 03/11 NA Sprint RTTY 0000Z-0400Z
>
> 07/21-07/22 North American QSO Party RTTY 1800Z-0600Z
>
> 09/29-09/30 CQ WW RTTY 0000Z-2400Z...full 48 hours.
> (A shameless plug...make sure you get on and at the very least,
>   work VP9I on all bands.)
>
> 10/20 NA Sprint RTTY 0000Z-0400Z
>
> If  you don't know how to get started...you have some very active RTTY guys
> in the group...WT8C, WW3S and ND8L among others...so ask.
>
> The N1MM/MMTTY software combination is very powerful...so if  you haven't
> looked into that option...do it.  Win-Test also supports some major RTTY
> contests,
> using the MMTTY engine, so that also is an excellent option,
>
> RTTY is a great form of RadioSport...so get on and give it a try.
>
> If you don't know where to start...try AA5AU's excellent web site:
>
> WWW.AA5AU.COM<http://RTTYCONTESTING.COM>  and look for the RTTY Contesting
> link
>
> There is also good information at N1MM.COM.
>
> Or drop me a note.
>
> Hope to ramp up NCC's RTTY presence this year.  Diddle on, Warriors!
>
> 73,
> Ray
> ND8L
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