[RTTY] W0YK NAQP RTTY Practice

[J. Edward (Ed) Muns]

Band	QSOs	Mults
 80	 10	  7
 40	 12	 11
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Total	 22	 18
Score = 396

Well, that was very useful ... thanks to all who got on and particularly
those who called me and tolerated my QLFness.  I debugged lots of problems
as I attempted to get the station configured from CW to RTTY.  Most of the
messages on one computer didn't match the keyboard overlay labels.  For a
few minutes one computer was reading the other computer/radio frequency
wrong and sending a QRV of 440MHz.  The physical Com port connectors on the
back of one computer didn't match the Com4-7 designators I thought they
were.  I didn't get that figured out until three minutes before the
practice, so there was no rig control or FSK/PTT until just before we
started.  I could only find one DXP38 here (I left two down in Aruba) and
didn't get it hooked up on one radio in time anyway.  I didn't have an
isolation transformer made up for one radio, so just ran the audio direct
from the Rig/NIR-12 into the sound card.  Etc, etc.  The experience really
had me appreciating the practice session.  Thanks again to everyone.  Hope
to CU tomorrow in the real NAQP.

73,
Ed - W0YK