[RTTY] W6WRT Russian RTTY MOAB, one radio

[Andrew O'Brien]

I think there should be a 1000 point penalty for having a fresh ham
full of enthusiasm in your shack. It is unfair to the jaded masses :>

Well done Bill, inviting a new ham is a great idea, perhaps we should
all try that... a good way of getting new blood in to the contesting
hobby

Andy K3UK


On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Bill, W6WRT <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> A newly-minted ham friend, KI6NHB, was visiting so we decided to do a
> multi-single operation. It was enlightening to see RTTY contesting
> from a newbie's point of view. Things that seem so natural and easy to
> me aren't necessarily so, but we both had a good time. About an hour
> into it he commented "Hey, this is really fun" and I knew he was
> hooked. :-)
>
> There is still a bug in the N1MM Logger ESM mode which I will report
> to the N1MM reflector. I had to revert to an older version to make it
> work correctly.
>
> 40 meters was especially good from here on the US west coast. Even
> worked ZL4A with the path half in darkness and half in daylight.
> Amazing.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>