[RTTY] Also a FIRST

[FireBrick]

Only 57...my goodness, he's just a pup!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas PA1M" <t.b.tinge at gmx.net>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Also a FIRST


> 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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