[RTTY] WPX RTTY Entry - K7RE

[Brian Kassel]

Start Date : 2006-02-10

   CallSign Used : K7RE
     Operator(s) : K7RE

            Band : ALL
           Power : LOW
            Mode : RTTY
Default Exchange : 001
      Gridsquare : DN84

            Name : Brian D. Kassel
         Address : 10559 West Highway 14
  City/State/Zip : Spearfish  SD  57783
         Country : USA

    ARRL Section : SD
       Club/Team : 
         Software: N1MM Logger V6.1.15

        Band    QSOs    Pts  WPX
         3.5     111    262   29
           7     164    420   56
          14     601   1126  278
          21      50     76   20
       Total     926   1884  383


           Score : 721,572
             Rig :

        Antennas :   2 separate triband beams at 35 and 55 feet, 
individually rotatable, wire vee beams, dipoles.

         Soapbox :
  Saturday's DX conditions were lousy here, I even considered  switching 
to the high
power category. Trouble is my little amp only goes to about 400W out on 
RTTY, which
doesn't compare to the other entries in that category. I am glad that I 
didn't switch, as
the conditions on Sunday morning were amazing here for this point in the 
cycle.  Signals
ran from 14050 up to above 14.140.  I have never seen so wide a span owing
to the tremendous amount of  RTTY activity. Many new call signs
were seen.
We surely miss 15M with it's very wide available space. Very little
15M activity seen here, though I checked often.
I decided not to bother with cluster spotting on my low speed rural dial 
up internet
line.
This contest was so much fun that I found I really didn't care
how I placed in the standings.

 I put in 25 hours.

Brian K7RE