[RTTY] GU0SUP ANARTS 2009

[Andrei Stchislenok]

Hey Phil;

Great score indeed!

I agree with you that this is sad we are missing such a nice Contest...

It was a pleasure as usual to print you, Phil!

73's Andrei NP3D/W2

2009/6/15 Phil Cooper <pcooper at guernsey.net>

> Hi all,
>
> Sad to know this is the last ever ANARTS! What a pity it has to close, as
> the format is excellent, and makes you work harder.
>
> On the up-side, it was great to see 10m and 15m open, but what a pain that
> the solar figures were so poor.
> I guess 10m was all Es, but 15m opened lightly to the States, and I managed
> a few extra mults that way. Also bagged LT0H on 15m for continent number 5,
> but missed out completely on OC. I did hear John 9M6XRO on 20m with a huge
> pile-up, but he was suffering from bad QRN and couldn't hear a lot of the
> callers.
>
> As I was busy on Saturday morning, I didn't get to start the contest until
> after lunchtime, so it was a real plus to see the higher bands open. The
> downside to that was the fact that 80m was very noisy, so I didn't bother
> with that band.
>
> I spent most of my time calling CQ, which was fun, but with the short skip
> on 20m, I had to resort to periods of S&P to pick up some of the mults.
>
> Was it just me, or were there a lot of folk responding to a CQ with GU0SUP
> GU0SUP GU0SUP DE XX1XX XX1XX XX1XX PSE KN?
> I had a lot more of this than usual, and it often resulted in QSB catching
> their call, and when I asked for their call, all they sent was the same
> message!
> Not sure why, but I also had more than a few callers (when I was CQ'ing
> above 14.105) who got my report, but then sent me their name, QTH, WW LOC,
> station details, QSL route, etc etc!
> And did you also suffer from those who were sending serial numbers instead
> of the time?? My first one sent me TU 599 065 065 065 BK, and when I asked
> for the time, he sent NO TIME ONLY NUMBER. Sadly, he didn't get logged
> here,
> as he did not send me a valid exchange. I wonder HOW he managed to get to
> 065 and still be sending numbers! And no, it wasn't an IK station in the
> ARI
> Sezzione! He wasn't alone, and I had a few sending numbers, mostly below
> 010, but almost all sent a time and zone when asked.
>
> My last rant is about the rather numerous callers who called OVER and
> existing QSO, assuming I would drop the contact in progress and work them
> instead!
>
> So, down to the figures! Here is what I managed in about 12 hours of
> sporadic operating:
> Class: SOST LP
> QTH:
> Operating Time (hrs): 12
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Pts   Mults
> -------------------------
>   80:    0     0     0
>   40:   37   119    21
>   20:  215  1223    57
>   15:   92   416    35
>   10:   36   106    20
> -------------------------
> Total:  380  1864   133  Continents = 5  Total Score = 1,239,560
>
> Power: 100 watts or less
> Ant 1 :  2-ele mini-beam, up 20'
> Ant 2 : Inverted L, trapped for 40/80
> Rig : IC756pro
> Writelog/MMTTY
>
> My log is now on LoTW, but paper cards are always welcomed!
>
> 73 all, and I look forward to seeing some of you at the Ham Radio event in
> Germany in a little under 2 weeks!
>
> Phil GU0SUP
>
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