[RTTY] AA6TY RU or, "Life in Smallsville"

[Kok Chen]

Lowlights: 

    I missed ND, RI(!), NF, NB and NWT.

    After repeated tries of calling someone's AFSK image, I
    finally figured it out and found him 4 kc down.  (I
    wasn't the only one calling either :-).

Highlights:  

    VY1JA didn't make an appearance this year, but VY1MB did.
    Yukon is definitely easier to work than North Dakota!  I
    sure miss WB0O :-).

    After being absent in recent contests, Larry, AH8LG, made
    a much welcomed appearance.

    With my 100 watts into a vertical, N7ON was one of
    only 4 stations who answered my 80m CQ.  N7ON is in
    Nevada!

    Finding K7VK (MT) an hour before the end of the contest.
    Fortunately, the pile wasn't large (yet :-).

    Thanks to W0SD and W7WW for 5 bands.  Many 4 banders.

    Watching Bruce, ZF2NT (N6NT) lecture the NA pile to not
    "behave like Europeans."  Tell us what you really felt,
    Bruce :-).  Old contesters may remember him as AA6KX.

Thank you everyone, for making this contest, as always, so enjoyable.

Looking through my log, there were many of states and provinces
which I'd only worked a single station (sometimes multiple bands with
the same station).  DE (W3PP), GA (W4OJC), LA (AA5AU), NE (K0IDT),
NV (N7ON), MT (K7VK), SD (W0SD), WY (WG7Y), YUK (VY1MB), MB (VE4COZ),
NS (VE1AOE), VY2SS (PEI).  These folks accounted for about 15% of my
final score!


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AA6TY
Single-op, All Band, Low Power.
QTH: Portland, Oregon.


Band    QSOs    Pts    QTH     DX    Mults
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 80      28      28     14      0      14
 40      51      51     29      2      31
 20     101     101     38     13      51
 15     174     174     49     17      66
 10     148     148     45     20      65
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Score: 502 points x 82 mults = 41164
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Rig:      FT-1000MP barefoot

Software: home-brew

Modem:    Primary - Timewave DSP599zx + KAM Plus
          2nd VFO - HAL DXP-38

Antennas: HF-2V for 40m and 80m
          Modified .75 wl Vee beams on 15m and 20m
          Homebrew Yagi (2 el on 15m, 3 el on 10m) at 18 feet agl
          R-8 (10m thru 40m)


73 HNY

Chen, AA6TY