[RTTY] 2005 NAQP RTTY - All 3830 Claimed Scores 28Feb2005

[Terry Gerdes]

> It was kind of interesting how the QSO's came in spurts.  I could go
> 2 or 3 minutes without a bite and then all of a sudden work 5 in a minute
> between the 2 radios.


I have only been doing SO2R for a little over one year but I see the exact
same thing.  Its not only on the long haul paths to Europe and Japan but
also the shorter stateside paths.  It like someone is turning the
propagation switch on and off.

73 Terry - AB5K


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tgstewart at pepco.com>
To: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>; "'3830 RTTY'"
<rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] 2005 NAQP RTTY - All 3830 Claimed Scores 28Feb2005


> Nice to be back on RTTY for my favorite contest!  Auto road racing is my
> "hobby du jour" right now, but I always find time for some radio
> contesting!
>
> I'll have to check my log, but I doubt I got to 40 much earlier than 2100
> at all.  The way my station is set up right now, one radio does 40 (& 160)
> + high bands (usually 15) and the other does 80 and the main high band. So
> there was a radio on 40 a lot more of the time than any of the other
> bands.  I was VERY aggressive with passing just about anything for a QSO
> late in the contest, which helped keep rate going.  It was kind of
> interesting how the QSO's came in spurts.  I could go 2 or 3 minutes
> without a bite and then all of a sudden work 5 in a minute between the 2
> radios.
>
> Frankly I thought I'd get clobbered because of 15 and 10, but I guess they
> were so long that the midwest had a hard time using them to advantage.
> They did shorten up a bit on high angles as they were closing, but it
> still wasnt great and passes were very low percentage so I stopped trying
> after a while.  W6YX was definitely the beacon on 10 and 15.
>
> Tyler K3MM
>
>
>
>
> "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
> Sent by: rtty-bounces at contesting.com
> 02/28/2005 12:54 PM
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> To
> "'3830 RTTY'" <rtty at contesting.com>
> cc
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> Subject
> Re: [RTTY] 2005 NAQP RTTY - All 3830 Claimed Scores 28Feb2005
>
>
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>
>
>
> K3MM               780   194    10    151,320 PVRC
> AA5AU              739   202    10    149,278
>
> Wow, that's close.  It's not the first time Tyler and I have been neck &
> neck in
> NAQP RTTY.  Welcome back Ty!
>
> Congrats to Tyler on what looks like a new NAQP RTTY Record, depending on
> what
> the log checkers do.
>
> I made a tactical error by not operating the first 10 hours straight.  I
> took a
> rest period just as my rate started to increase.  I did not realize 40
> meters
> would start so early (2100Z maybe earlier?).  I'm figuring I probably
> missed
> 20-30 QSO's because of it.  It looks like I came up 11 QSO's short, but
> you
> never really know until the final results are out.  Got to love this kind
> of
> competition though!
>
> In my experience, even with close scores such as these, Claimed Scores
> usually
> are close enough to reflect the actual outcome as far as standings are
> concerned.
>
> Congrats to everyone for increased scores across the board despite only
> mediocre
> conditions.  It's says a lot about the caliber of NA RTTY operators.  It
> was the
> most fun I've had in an NAQP RTTY event.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
>
>
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