[RTTY] Also a FIRST

[roofus]

Well not really my first, I did play in the NAQP RTTY but wasn't set up very
well running AFSK.  With the help of many on this reflector and MTTY,
WriteLog and YAESU reflectors I was much better prepared to put my mark on
the wall.  I have been looking for my "NITCH" in contesting and think I have
found a home among the RTTY ranks mostly because of the operators.  I'm sure
no records were set by my station but I can't remember having this much fun
on the air in a long time and please forgive any mistakes I made chalking
them up to a ROOKIE operator.  I live in the city so kept my high power down
to 500 watts most of the time to keep any rocks from coming through the
windows and the police from knocking on the front door and seemed to work
well.  My only regret is my new call sign didn't come in time for the
contest so in the next one if you hear KI8U it's me (AB8NI), but on the up
side what a great way to get rid of all these old QSL cards and you can
expect one from me, with WAS and DXCC RTTY now on my to-do list.  You are a
great bunch, thanks.

                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: AB8NI
Operator(s): AB8NI
Station: AB8NI

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: OHIO
Operating Time (hrs): 35

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts   State/Prov  DX   Zones
------------------------------------------
   80:  144   180       40      14     8
   40:  268   473       44      46    16
   20:  457  1200       32      63    22
   15:  266   709       13      61    19
   10:    1     3                1     1
------------------------------------------
Total: 1136  2565      129     185    66  Total Score = 974,700

Mentor, Oh (Lake county)
YASUE FT1000MP MARK V
ALPHA 99 @ 500 watts
3 element SteppIR @ 50'
140" inverted vee @ 50'
WriteLog 10.49
Log will be uploaded to Eqsl and LOTW