[RTTY] ZL2BR - Bartg Sprint

[Frank Hunt]

Hello everyone, if we worked thanks, if we didn't, I called you but 
you but you never came back. Never done so much CQ and S&P calling 
for such little response. My 20 hours operating was more like a crawl 
than a sprint.

Prop was flat during the first 5 hours, grayline prop was very good 
around sunrise. 28MHz was very disappointing during the day, then 
grayline prop came good again around sunset. Found it extremely hard 
to break through the East European RF Curtain.

But the biggest surprise was, that I couldn't even claim my OWN 
continent as a multiplier, is this a first ????  On a few occasions I 
copied someone working ZL2AMI, and just the once I copied someone 
working VK4DZ and maybe I imagined it, but I am sure I copied someone 
working a FW, but no print from them or any other Oceania stations, 
where was KH6, YB, DU, etc ???

Some stats:
stations worked one band only - 154
stations worked two or three bands - 43
stations worked in other contests - 129
stations worked for first time - 68

I have come to the conclusion that 100watts and 3el yagi is no good 
for RTTY contests. Great for CW contests though - just been advised I 
got world first place in the 2001 JA JIDX HF CW contest in the LP 
category. In addition in the HP category only one station out scored 
me, another RTTY operator, VR2BG. (Congrats Brett).

I missed the Roundup, was at our Scout Jamboree, and I will be away 
on holiday, camping again, for the CQ WPX. Maybe if I win the 
national lottery and can buy a 2kw linear, I will be back for the 
BARTG 48hour crawl.

The numbers are:

Band     Qso      DX Multi    Area Multi   Continents
=====================================================
40m      2
20m      90
15m      105
10m      43
Totals   240       49          22           5 (no Oceania)
Score claimed: 85200
Rig: 100watts, 3el yagi 10/15/20m, GP for 40m

DXCC countries worked:
4X    9A   9H   BA   BV   CE   CT   CX   DL   EA   EA8  ES   EU
F     G    GW   HA   HL   HZ   I    JA   K    KL   LU   LY   LZ
OH    OK   OM   ON   PA   PJ2  S5   SM   SP   SV   TA   UA2  UA/Eu
UA/As UA2  UN   VE   VR   VU   YL   YO   YU   ZC4

Areas worked:
JA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
K  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
VE 1   3 4 5 6

73, Frank ZL2BR