[RTTY] W7WHY CQWW RTTY

[Tom Osborne]

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: W7WHY
Operator(s): W7WHY
Station: W7WHY

Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: OR
Operating Time (hrs): 6.5
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts  State/Prov  DX  Zones
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   80:   21   28               3     4
   40:   45   61               8     8
   20:  132  211              24    20
   15:    5   15               4     2
   10:
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Total:  203  315      51      39    34  Total Score = 45,630

Club:

Comments:

Didn't get much time to operate this weekend.  Our 6 year old granddaughter 
was the flower girl at a friends wedding, so our Saturday was pretty well 
shot.

Sunday it was 80 degrees at the beach, which is  highly unusual here on the 
Oregon coast, so we took advantage of the fine weather for a barbacue. 
Managed to squeeze a few Q's in when I got a chance.

Activity seemed way up this year.  Was working stations clear up to 14.125. 
Had a good run for about an hour up there.  At 00:17 on Saturday evening 
during this run with the beam pointed almost due east, YB0, 9M0, JF1, and 
RU0 all called in in that order.  That was a neat surprise!  Then it was 
back to working the east coast.

I put up a 20 meter vertical GP up about 10 feet this
year and it worked pretty slick.  When I heard a station off the back of the 
beam, I just switched to the vertical to work them.  Saves time rotating the 
beam around.

Radio 1   TS-450SAT + SB-200
Radio 2   FT-840 + zepp antenna

2 el monobander for 20, and verticals for 20, 40 and 80.  Zepp antenna for 
radio 2.

N1MM Logger 6.9.6 performed perfectly.  Sure takes the drudgery out of 
contesting.

Thanks for all the Q's and will see you in the next one.  73
Tom W7WHY