[RTTY] DL-DX RTTY Contest

[Thomas Giella KN4LF]

I was only able to make 35 contacts in the DL-DX contest due to lot's of local lightning storms and allot of lightning QRN. 

Of the 35 contacts 19 were on 20 meters and 16 were on 40 meters. Also of the 35 contacts 18 were from Europe or South America. I ran 400 watts to a 160-10 meter doublet up at 35 feet and found propagation to be pretty good here in central Florida. I used the Hamscope v1.54 and the MMTY software.

Also as usual my fellow RTTY operators though competitive acted like gentlemen, something usually sorely lacking in phone and CW contests.

73,
Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF
Plant City, FL, USA
Grid Square EL87WX
Lat & Long 27 58 31 44N 82 09 51 98W

NWS Tampa Bay, FL SKYWARN Observer # HIL-249
SWFWMD Rainfall Network Observer #574 Thackery
CWOP Weather Station #CW2111

PODXS 070 PSK31 Club Member #349

KN4LF Solar Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data Archive: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf5.htm
KN4LF HF/MF Radio Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm


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