[RTTY] North Dakota was missing in the ARRL RTTY Round Up

[Brian Spindor]

I have to add my 2 cents worth here.  In my RTTY contesting experience I 
worked North Dakota early on and as I recall it was a challenge but I 
got it well before I got some other states.  The challenge for me had 
been Delaware.  I did some research and found that there are less hams 
living in Delaware than in North Dakota.  It was not clear to me why I 
had North Dakota in the logbook and not Delaware until I found this 
statistic.  After trying for about 3 years on a lark I got into the NA 
RTTY QSO Partly contest late and while searching and pouncing I came 
across someone sending DE DE....it took me a moment to realize what he 
was sending.....damn I jumped on him fast.....he was even on LotW which 
saved me a heap of time.

For what it's worth
Brian
KA7KUZ

Tim wrote:
> Jim McDonald wrote:
>   
>> Only a little tongue in cheek, I've read that Fargo is a very nice place to
>> live.  Add ham radio popularity, and maybe it should be on a contester's
>> list of places to check out. ;-)
>>
>> Jim N7US
>>     
>
> I've never lived there but a few years back I worked for a company 
> with an office in Fargo. I've been there quite a few times. It's a 
> nice town with most anything you want and perhaps even an above 
> average assortment of suppliers, etc. However, the reason for that is 
> probably Fargo's biggest drawback--it's a LONG way from Fargo to 
> anywhere else of decent size. Typically if the people there weren't 
> doing something in Fargo they were traveling to Minneapolis/St. Paul 
> which is a few hours away.
>
> Tim, N9PUZ
> Springfield, IL
> Web: <http://www.n9puz.com>
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