[RTTY] Odd call

David Wilburn dave.wilburn at verizon.net
Mon Sep 29 23:57:57 EDT 2008


It must be working.  You were noticeably louder than other signals 
when I worked you here in Virginia.

David Wilburn
NM4M



Don Hill AA5AU wrote:
> I got a laugh out of this one.  With some luck I was able to put together a tribander out of some broken and bent pieces of
> aluminum.  It's not pretty, but it's flat in 10, 15 & 20 meter RTTY subbands.  The 40' tower was still standing after the storm, so
> I put my "Gustav" tribander up Thursday night (in the dark) after work.
> 
> I was dead tired Friday night after working all day so didn't start the contest until Saturday morning.  I decided to do a 20 meter
> single band and it was fun to be back on the air again.  The "Gustav" yagi yielded over 850 contacts on 20 in a somewhat part time
> effort.  By Sunday I was getting bored of the single radio/single band thing and decided to go watch football and NASCAR for a few
> hours.
> 
> Thanks to everyone who worked this "odd" call. hi
> 
> 73, Don AA5AU
> http://www.aa5au.com
> http://www.rttycontesting.com 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter Laws
> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 1:52 PM
> To: RTTY GROUP
> Subject: [RTTY] Odd call
> 
> Poking at CQ WW RTTY last night and today (20 was open late last evening).  Saw a call print that I didn't think I'd see ... appears
> to be ... A A 5 A U ...  What's up with that?  :-)
> 
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