[RTTY] tara-mele F6IRF soapbox

[f6irf at free.fr]

Has been fun, though the very poor conditions and quite low EU activity did not 
make it as fun as it could have been... This contest seem to remain a NA event, 
with marginal EU/AS participation.
Did not manage to pass the 20 hourly rate on 40/80 during the 5 first hours, so 
went to bed a bit disapointed, with only 80 Q's...  Came back 4 hours later, 
but the contest really started when the band opened to states on 21Mhz... I 
stopped for another 4 hours after 20m closed, and  just added another 60QSO's 
for the last 3 hours. Only AZ contacted in the 6/7 area, even 40m was in very 
bad shape saturday evening, with very fluttered and weak EU signals. 
No special alchimy for this contest, you have to be there when at least one 
band is open to states... A  special thanks to CN8KD who called me and made me 
reach the 400 mark the last minute on 80... 

the log details:

bd qso st pr dx 
================
80  65 01 00 06
40  74 15 01 15
20  97 00 00 20
15 134 11 01 07
10  30 01 01 00 
================ 
to 400 28 03 48 

F6IRF domestic station: IC706+ homebrew 4cx250PA - abt 400W Dipoles for 40 and 
80 at 18m (60') AGL - OB6-3M tribander (2el /band) at 12m (40') AGL.

See you soon on the bands... 73's Patrick