[RTTY] Also a FIRST

[Thomas PA1M]

Yes he is only 57..

www.qrz.com/AB8NI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
To: "roofus" <roofus at sbcglobal.net>; <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Also a FIRST


> I'm impressed!
> And I bet he's young and can stay up late! :-((((
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "roofus" <roofus at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 10:31 AM
> Subject: [RTTY] Also a FIRST
>
>
> > 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
> >
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