[RTTY] Re: Had to QRT in CQ WPX RTTY Contest

[Dick Kriss, AA5VU]

Thanks to all that responded with notes about my lost QSOs.  I still don't
know what happen but I suspect operator error on my part.  I saved the file
several times; however, for reasons I don't understand the file was not
really being saved.  After the restart, I could only go back to the last
saved file that was missing 150 contacts.

Did anyone manage to log the 6O0DX in the WPX contest?

73 de Dick, AA5VU


At 09:26 AM 2/13/2005, Dick Kriss, AA5VU wrote:
>I was having fun in the CQ WPX RTTY contest with about 250 QSO's logged and
>decided to take a break.  After the break, I returned to find my log was
>gone. Like the old bumper sticker says.... It happens!
>
>I managed to save about 105 QSOs from an earlier saved log file, but there
>was no way to restart the contest missing 150 Q's so I had to QRT.  Thanks
>for all for the 250 Q's.
>
>This is why I still log all DX QSO's for new ones in the old brown ARRL
>Spiral Log Book. Good thing I made a note in the paper log for the 9J2KC
>QSO. I have had other RTTY QSOs with Zambia but still need a QSL card. Maybe
>the WPX effort was not a total bust.
>
>73 de Dick - AA5VU