[RTTY] DL6JZ: WPX RTTY 2003 - SOABH

[Dr. Wolf-E. Gruening]

Hi all,

it was a great weekend. The conds improved a little to the weekend and the participation was great. Thanks to all who made this event possible.

2003      World-Wide RTTY WPX Contest
Sponsored by:  Hal Communications, Corp.

CALL: DL6JZ                            LOCATION: DX
CLASS:      Single Operator/High Power/All bands/Single Transmitter
Power used:        400 W         . 
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Band  QSOs   QSO   Pfx's  Total Pts          Rest periods 
             pts                             03:27 to 05:38   2:11
80m:    267 1036     126                     11:40 to 14:38   2:58
40m:    165  696      59                     18:21 to 20:45   2:24
20m:    204  433      61                     22:36 to 02:12   3:36
15m:    208  499      71                     04:04 to 05:08   1:04
10m:    112  298      67                     09:01 to 10:37   1:36
Totals: 956 2962     384   1137408           12:43 to 14:44   2:01
                                             18:04 to 19:08   1:04
                                             22:32 to 24:00   1:28
                                  Total:                     18:22

Station Description: FT-1000MP + h.m. PA
                     WriteLog 10.36 + MMTTY 1.62
Antenna(s):          3 ele yagi (10/20/15) + dipole (80/40)
Operators:           DL6JZ himself

Highlights: JU1T, A51B, AH6OZ, S21YV, 9G5GA, 9G1UW, 9M2TO
   It was my fastest RTTY contest with more than 30 QSO's per hour over the entire operating time.
   Not so much stations using AFC while S&Ping as in the last contest! (?)

Lowlights: Poor conds for DX on 20 m (only 27 DX-QSO's on this band).

Remarks:
I think all op's should use at least a space or CR/LF at the beginning and a space at the end of their transmission. That makes it a lot easier to copy at the other side and doesn't cost as much time as repeating all.
I think all op's should store only 5 times the serial number or the respective contest exchange into one F-Key. It is not very useful to repeat the full exchange with callsigns, hallo and so on if I need the number only.
I did never use packet radio assistance in any contest. But now I think that could be a possibility to improve my score. Is that right?

73 + 55
Wolf, DL6JZ