[RTTY] ARRL RTTY Roundup ZS2EZ

[Barry Murrell]

                     ARRL RTTY Roundup

Call: ZS2EZ
Operator(s): ZS2EZ
Station: ZS2EZ

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Port Elizabeth
Operating Time (hrs): 20

Summary:
  Band  QSOs
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    80:
    40:   10
    20:  131
    15:   99
    10:
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Total:  240  State/Prov = 42  Countries = 41  Total Score = 19,920

Club:

Comments:

First time in Roundup - lousy conditions here, battled to be heard with 
100W so had to shift to High Power (400W - max legal power in ZS). No 
80m antenna, and really need to improve my 40m setup! This is the only 
contest of the year that I can operate the full period, due to work 
commitments on weekends - falls during our annual holiday! Great fun, 
and looking forward to the next one.
Considering that I have only been an occasional RTTY operator for just 
under a year, and that this was my first SERIOUS effort in a contest, I 
was quite pleased with the results. It is however quite a drawback being 
down on the Southern end of Africa - the bulk of the Stateside stations 
are beaming towards Europe and are thus side-on to me. Also no JA's 
heard here at all - except for one on 40m. Highlights were working 
TF3TTY on both 15 and 20, P49X (after quite a struggle to break the 
pileup), PZ5RA and KP2D. Also adding LA (KI5XP) and NM (K5AM) to bring 
my overall WAS up to 47. Working without the DX Cluster was also a new 
experience - amazing how reliant one becomes on it!!

Will definitely be around for the next RTTY event!!


73 de Barry ZS2EZ
(EX ZR2DX / ZR6DXB)
KF26TA - Port Elizabeth,South Africa
Member : PEARS, SARL, ARRL, SA AMSAT