[RTTY] CQWWRTTYWPX-2006, NA5U

[NA5U]

CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest

 

Call: NA5U

Operator(s): NA5U

Station: NA5U

 

Class: SOAB LP

QTH: Texas (32-51N 97-12W

Operating Time (hrs): 28

 

Summary:

 Band  QSOs  Pts

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   80:  112   258

   40:  272   746

   20:  381   668

   15:  124   194

   10:    2     6

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Total:  891  1872  Prefixes = 336  Total Score = 628,992

 

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Comments:

 

Station:

      Station: Yaesu Mark-V FT-1000MP/Icom IC-718

      Antennas: 5-Band Delta Loop @ 40', Butternut HF2V 2 Band Vertical

      Computer: Homebrew 1.2G w/500M memory and dual 17" monitors

      Software: WriteLog V10.57H

 

Comments:

Another fun one and thanks for all who called. It seems more and more are
joining the ranks of RTTY contesting. However, I have to wonder if the 3Y0X
operation may have drawn some away. Sunday afternoon was brutal for my LP
station to hold a frequency or at least be heard on 20/40M; so I opted to
S&P looking for mults more than normal. This led me to arrive at the
following axiom, "If you tune-em-work-em. If 'red', keep tuning, if 'green'
try hard and if 'yellow' try really hard". This of course comes from a
WriteLog perspective, i.e. 'red' = worked, 'green' = new station and
'yellow' = new mult.  For me this was a contest of dupes. I don't remember
this many in contest past. One fellow called with his 64th contact. He
called me again with number 78. Then later had called again, said it was a
dupe, paused and wouldn't quite calling until I responded. This sure had me
scratching my head, oh well. Still being a relative newbie to RTTY, I want
to thank Jim, AD1C who took the time to educate me on 5NN vs. 599. 5NN
creates an unnecessary shift to facilitate the NN; so I have changed my
messages to 599 for more efficient decoding. I am looking forward to the
NAQP in two weeks and I'm really looking forward to the return of a true
5-Band contest, i.e. return of the next solar cycle peak.