[RTTY] K7RE ARRL RTTY RU

[Brian Kassel]

 ARRLRTTY Score Summary Sheet

      Start Date : 2006-01-07

   CallSign Used : K7RE
     Operator(s) : K7RE

            Band : ALL
           Power : LOW
            Mode : RTTY
Default Exchange : SD
      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 V5.12.2

        Band    QSOs    Pts  Cty
         3.5     167    167    7
           7     273    273    5
          14     375    375   41
          21     184    184   33
       Total     999    999   86


           Score : 85,914

Yea, I know 999!   I worked 23 hours 45 minutes.  I really gave it my 
all and tried my level best in this one, and shot past my last year's 
scores and goals for this year, so I am a happy camper.  Having 2 
rotatable beams aimed in different directions sure helps when one is in 
the middle of the country.  I also pressed into action my wire vee beams 
and verticals. Instant switching on those antennas as well  really 
helped me bring the best possible signals to each location in each 
QSO.   Conditions were quite good for this point in the solar cycle.  15 
was open somewhat both days, which really helped, but no EU stations 
were heard on 15.  I was able to work only enough EU stations on 20  to 
get some of the common mults on 20M Sunday morning.  Highlight was being 
called by HI, AK and 2 South African stations.  Thanks folks.  I missed 
DC, DE, WY MT and ND, and the rarer Provinces in Canada.  I stayed on 
the lower bands longer than usual in hopes of snagging the close in 
states that I needed, and VE4, but never got them all.  I am seriously 
thinking of doing an all out effort from ND as a portable station for 
several contests next season, especially CW SS and  ARRL RTTY RU.  The 
very changeable and possibly WX is the main drawback up in western ND.  
Tough to face below zero temps in a camper while having to erect 
antennas, even if simple dipoles and wire antennas! Then again, this is 
all supposed to be a challenge, right?