[RTTY] 6O0 In WPX?

[Russmill47 at aol.com]

Below is the original message that was sent on January 31, 0205
 
73,
 
Russ WA3FRP
 
 Dear RTTY enthusiasts and friends,
24 hours before leaving for  Somalia DXpedition,
we would like to inform you that we currently plan to be  active
with one (high power) station as 6O0CW in the WPX RTTY  contest.
However, as a DXpedition, our main goal is to give everybody  a
good chance to work us on each mode (CW, SSB, RTTY).
For this  reason, after discussion with the other team members,
we decided that our  participation in the WPX RTTY will follow
our "special" strategy, as  follows:
- we'll probably work only a single band, to prevent multiple  QSOs
with the same station (probably 20m, but this may change based  on
propagation, local conditions and antennas);
- we'll always work split,  listening up; split window will be
announced frequently in our QRZ  message;
- we also agree to log stations NOT taking part in the contest  without
insisting in asking for a serial number (we don't worry for our  score,
such QSOs will be marked as unclaimed for the contest log, but are  OK
for confirming 6O on RTTY of course); so you can consider/work us as  a
Multi/Single contest entry or as a "normal" DXpedition, as you  prefer.

Of course, the above is just a plan, and as any plan  it's
subject to possible changes.
If everything goes well, you'll  have 48 hours of RTTY operation
from 6O on the WPX week-end (normally we'll  be able to work only
few hours per day on digital modes - and please don't  forget we'll
probably have to cope with local/environmental/power  restrictions).

And if you plan a M/S entry in WPX RTTY, don't  worry,
we're not going to really compete with you guys!
Running a single  band with no Mult station means a low score.
We'll have different problems  there.
Our Multi effort in WPX will try to maximize QSOs and fun for  you,
not score.
But I'm quite sure we can take first place in our  DXCC country!
Have fun and please work us!

Andrea IK1PMR -  www.ik1pmr.com
for the 6O0CW team

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