[RTTY] ANARTS VK4UC

[John Cashen]

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>I apologize to everyone for the very late report. Shortly after this 
>contest I had a very bad computer crash. I think it may have been due to a 
>virus. Anyway after 10 days and many $$ for hardware and software things 
>seem to back as before or better. I decided to do some USB and comport 
>upgrading and to get serious about virus protection and computer health. 
>So perhaps I can now get back to the antenna upgrades I was in the middle 
>of before!
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>The lack of VK stations on during ANARTS may be partly due to competition 
>with the Commonwealth Jubilee contest (a one time event this year), but it 
>is mostly due the an appalling lack of interest "down under" in operating 
>HF digital modes (as well as in international contesting overall) . Colin, 
>VK2CTD, and friends are doing a largely unappreciated job by the greater 
>VK amateur community. This contest is one the mainstays of our RTTY 
>contest calendar and they deserve a big thanks for keeping it going for so 
>long. Perhaps someday they will be rewarded by an increase in VK 
>participation.
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>                 Qs      Pts  DX Call Areas
>80m:        0         0      0   0
>40m:        0         0      0   0
>20m:   212  9041   44  21
>15m:   217  8595   38  24
>10m:    42   1512   10  16
>Total: 470 19148
>Continents:  6
>Total multipliers: 153
>VK bonus points: 0
>Score:  17577864
>Hours:  23
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>Station Description: XCVRS: 2x FT1000MP; Linears: Alpha 78 and Quadra;
>PC: AMD/500MHZ; SW: WriteLog/FKeys; Decoders: RITTY 4.53 and MMTTY 1.62
>Antenna(s): Force 12's: C-31XR@60ft.,2xC-3@100ft.& 45ft.; 2el 40M Yagi @
>90ft.
>Operators: John Cashen, VK4UC
>Remarks: Bands were down from last month. Several interesting
>reverse bearing qso's with Eu and NA stations. Good long path
>to SA on 20M both days. 10M was not used very much which is typical
>of past ANARTS. Bands died at 2300 local time and opened at 0600
>local both nights here. I find 40/80 are not worth the trouble accept 
>during the big tests.  Nevertheless I beat my "personal best" ANARTS score 
>by 1.5M points while
>only operated for 23 hours total.
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>John   VK4UC
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