[RTTY] BARTG RTTY Sprint de VE3GSI

[Eric - VE3GSI]

BARTG RTTY Sprint 
Call: VE3GSI 


Class: Single Op LP 
Summary: 


Band      QSOs     Pts 
----------------- 
80:          46           0 
40:          58           12 
20:          235         46 
15:          11           1 
10:          0              0 
----------------- 
Total: 350x 59 xMults = 6 Total Score = 123,900 

Comments: 
Due to an ongoing health issue I did not stay with the contest for long
periods 
at a time and just played the game when I could. All-in-all I did have a
good 
time when I could get a chance to get on between rest periods. There were a
lot 
of new callsigns that I don't remember working in other contests, welcome
aboard 
to the new fellows. 

The band conditions here were mixed for me. Early into the contest on
Saturday 
I worked a single JA station on forty meters who was loud and clear, yet I 
never heard a single station from EU or any other off shore DX. During the 
day, twenty meters was not strong for me though I did manage to work a total
of 
34 DX stations on that band. There were a few NA and SA stations on fifteen 
meters who all had reasonable signals at this QTH, nothing was heard from EU
or 
AF. I suspect the lack of multipliers was the only reason the band was not
more 
lively. During the evening forty meters was wall to wall noise, not sure if
it 
was local noise or band conditions in general. I bounced back and forth
between 
eighty and forty meters for part of the evening when I could on until I was 
simply too tired to play any longer. I did leave the station up and running 
all night hoping to get up early Sunday morning and put in a few more hours
in, 
but ended up sleeping in and not crawling out of bed until well after the
end of 
the contest. I really do enjoy this contest and if I could make one request,
it 
would be to drop the 5 minute rule for SOAB entrants. 

For those who collect electrons, I will be uploading my log to LoTW shortly.
As 
always, for those who wish to exchange QSL cards, not a problem either. 
73 from Canada, 
Eric - VE3GSI