[RTTY] W6WRT experiences

[Bill Turner]

For some reason I decided to try a single band effort this year.
Don't know why, just seemed like the thing to do.  Had a 
good time, all except for one ugly frequency fight with a PI
station... It was clearly my frequency, but he jumped in and 
started calling CQ.  Asked him to please QSY (no response) and after
about three or four minutes of dueling CQs, he gave up.  

This behavior is so rare I can't remember the last time it happened
(well, actually I can) but thankfully nearly all RTTY ops are true
gentlemen.  I suspect it happened because he left to work another band
and came back to find his old frequency occupied.  If you leave long
enough for me to call CQ three or four times with no response, it's no
longer yours.  If I call CQ once and I hear what sounds like another
QSO, I'll QSY.  

And yes, I do listen first, but in a contest, not very long.  :-) 

Picked up four new countries, now have 249 worked on RTTY.

The details:

2004
CQ World-Wide RTTY DX Contest

CALL:	W6WRT
	Single Operator
	One Radio
	Single Band:  20 meters
	High Power:   1500 watts

	QSOs	Pts	Zn	DX:	St	Multipliers   Score
80m	   0				
40m:	   0      	
20m:	 754	1587	31	76	49
15m:	   0      	
10m: 	   0      	

Tot:	 754	1587  	31 	76 	49  	156	       247572


Station Description 
Antenna:	Cubex 4 element quad
Transceiver:	IC-746PRO
Amplifier:	Command HF-2500
Operator:	Bill, W6WRT