[RTTY] A few SARTG thoughts

[Mobile Workshop]

Hi one and all,
 Before I post my "claimed" score here, I wonder how many of you saw this
posting on the DX-News reflector:

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An interplanetary shock wave hit Earth's magnetosphere on August 17 at
approximately 10:30 UT (3:30 a.m. PDT) and triggered an ongoing geomagnetic
storm.  High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras
Friday night and Saturday morning.  Visit SpaceWeather.com for details.
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So it look as though that may have been responsible for the poor conditions
over the first part of the contest.

Also, I noticed the following line on the cluster at one point:

C31PM-@   14000.0 C31PM   my station no RTTY all contact 1448 19 Aug

which came up shortly after I saw C31PM calling CQ on 20m.  I wonder how
many logs will show this call?? And was it genuine or not!???

Also, I saw VR2BG calling CQ, tried to work him, but I saw he was working
JA's in another contest, and was NOT in SARTG! He was giving out T14 as a
report.

Lastly, my PC at home is sick, so I can't get to emails from home at the
moment (HDD has a problem - under warranty - so it is in the shop). If
anyone has sent me a personal email over the last few days, then please be
patient, as I hope to get it all back in the next day or so.

73 to all for now, thanks for the Q's, and I'll post my score later
today.............
Phil GU0SUP


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