[RTTY] WAS RTTY #677

[Bill Gillenwater]

RTTY #674, all confirmed via LOTW.

73 Bill K3SV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Iain MacDonnell - N6ML" <ar at dseven.org>
To: "Bob's Desktop" <wb2coy at hotmail.com>
Cc: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 4:04 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] WAS RTTY #677


>
> Oh, that was 677, not 667 ... I guess I can't count past 50!
>
>     ~Iain
>
>
> Iain MacDonnell - N6ML wrote:
>> Hey, you beat me by one! I picked up #668 from the P.O. Box today.
>>
>> Need to get going on CW for TPA now (RTTY and Phone taken care of)...
>>
>>     ~Iain / N6ML
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Bob's Desktop <wb2coy at hotmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks to all the folks out there who helped along the way, I found an
>>> envelope in the mail today with a nice certificate for WAS RTTY #677 !
>>>
>>> I got back into the hobby on HF in 2007 after a long hiatus, and found a
>>> whole new world out there with all the new digital modes. RTTY has 
>>> always
>>> been a favorite mode of mine - I can fondly remember many Sunday 
>>> afternoons
>>> spent copying RTTY art being sent by WA0CKY and others on my old Model 
>>> 19
>>> and 28 machines.
>>>
>>> This time around, I set a goal to work all states on RTTY with just a 
>>> bare
>>> bones radio and wire antennas. Most of my contacts were made at 50 watts
>>> into either a G5RV at 30 feet or an Inverted Vee at 40 feet. Progress 
>>> was
>>> slow, but all the contesters out there who faithfully upload their logs 
>>> to
>>> LOTW made it possible. My final state, Vermont, was confirmed by a short
>>> contact with K1LPS on a Thursday evening on 80 meters. I think the new
>>> 'Triple Play' award helped to boost activity even outside of the 
>>> contests,
>>> and that's what helped me find Larry on the air that night.
>>>
>>> Thanks again, and I look forward to meeting you all on the air again in
>>> future activities!
>>>
>>> 73 - Bob, WB2COY
>>>
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