[RTTY] ANARTS 2009

[Stein Roar LA6FJA-K3RAG]

Hi

why are ANARTS closing down?
it was sad to read 

73s LA6FJA Rag

> From: Andrei Stchislenok [asnp3d at gmail.com]
> Sent: 2009-06-16 03:47:36 CEST
> To: pcooper at guernsey.net
> Cc: RTTY [rtty at contesting.com]
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] GU0SUP ANARTS 2009
> 
> 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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> 73's Andrei
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