[RTTY] W7TI Russian WW RTTY score

[Bill Turner]

First time for major effort in the Russian WW contest.  I like the rules
(don't have to use the /6 after my call) and there seemed to be quite a
bit of activity for a summer event, although most Eu stations were weak
and I had to ask for lots of repeats.  Sorry, guys.  

Worked an all time new RTTY country, Iceland, and almost had another,
India.  VU3YFD was calling CQ but I could not get him to answer in spite
of him being fairly strong.  In fact, he was so strong I wonder if he
might be a slim.  Anyone know?  His call printed cleanly several times,
so I'm sure it wasn't a busted VE3.  Darn.  

I was surprised to see other stations listing QSOs on 80 or 40.  I spent
about an hour doing  mixed CQ/S&P and never heard anyone.  Bad timing,
probably.  Only three on 10 and they were all stateside and all pretty
weak.  Bring on fall/winter!!

The Details:

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2001 Russian RTTY WW   


Call used: W7TI
Location:  California, USA
Single OP, all band, one radio

Entry Class: Single Op, All Band

Band    QSOs   Pts   QTH    DX
80         0     0     0     0
40         0     0     0     0
20       128   915    11    27
15       141  1165    14    34
10         3    15     0     1
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Total    272  2095    25    62

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Claimed Score: 182265

Power Output: 1500

Time of operation:  17h 01m

Radio Stuff:

TX/RX:  Kenwood TS-870S
Amp:    Commander HF-2500
Antennas:  20/15/10 - Cubex 4-el quad @ 80 feet
           80/40 - W9INN multi-band dipole @ 70 feet
Software: RTTY by WF1B  ver 5.02 + RiTTY by K6STI ver 4.51

73, Bill W7TI