[RTTY] BARTG 75 Sprint

Sun Jun 13 06:52:23 PDT 2010

That was a blast!  I really enjoyed the 75 baud RTTY Sprint.  I agree with Roger in that it proved 75 baud can be used in RTTY
contests with good success.  I thought it would be more difficult but it wasn't.  Working SO2R was a challenge, but I quickly found
the key is to concentrate mostly on making sure the signal tuned in quickly.

And I agree with John that after using 75 baud, then going back to 45 baud in DLDC felt very slow.  The biggest problems I saw were
with weak signals.  They just didn't seem to print well at all.  I had summer time noise on 20 meters which made it difficult at
times.  So I can imagine that 40 and 80 could be a waste of time at this time of year.

I disagree in that I feel the contest should be longer than four hours - maybe 8 hours.  And I'm not sure working 75 baud would be
much fun on the low bands.  I really like the high band format.  It would be better not to have it in the summer, at least down
here!  We were lucky in that 15 and 20 meters were in fairly good shape.  I was surprised to work FG5LA, GW5NF, HC1JQ, G3WW, YT5W,
EA7CIX, and GB50ATG along with a host of NA stations on 15 meters.  I was disappointed in missing AF and OC.  I also could not put
in a full effort, but really had a great time.  It was more fun than expected.

Results:

Band QSO DX CA Cont
20   84  19 12 4
15   43  3   2 0
---------------------
Total 127 22 14 4

Score: 18,288

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 John Barber GW4SKA
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 6:02 AM
To: roger at g3ldi.co.uk; RTTY Reflector; pcooper at guernsey.net; arthur.bard at btinternet.com; Ian GM4KLN; sam.hallas at ntlworld.com;
ian at bartg.org.uk; radiostarchild at homecall.co.uk
Subject: Re: [RTTY] BARTG 75 Sprint

Hello,

Nice to see everyone on the screen. I also worked G3WW and wondered about his age!

Comments seen so far have all been praising the contest, even seen 'all contests should be run on 75' from one W regular. I thought
it was brilliant. Much slicker (working 4 a minute at the start) and also very much quicker when searching through for new ones.
Going back to the other contest on 45 seemed a complete pain ... so slow! My usual 250Hz filter was OK most of the time but it is a
bit tight on 75, so had to switch to 500Hz for a few contacts.

GB50ATG made 108 contacts in about 2 hrs 30. I had to see the end of the football so missed the best bit, then took another break
later for food.

I will have a rethink about time and bands after the logs are in but definitely support of another similar venture. It needs more
activity to get the best of the high rates and maybe running slightly earlier and all band will help. I agree with Roger that it
should stay short at 4 hours.

About 30 logs in so far and a lot will come after the German test finishes.

Cheers,

John GW4SKA
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Roger Cooke
  To: RTTY Reflector ; pcooper at guernsey.net ; ska at bartg.org.uk ; arthur.bard at btinternet.com ; Ian GM4KLN ; sam.hallas at ntlworld.com ;
ian at bartg.org.uk ; radiostarchild at homecall.co.uk
  Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 10:19 AM
  Subject: BARTG 75 Sprint

  Hi.

     Excuses first!

  Despite a stuck beam, broken rhombic, no linear and poor propagation, I think this
  could be called a great success, plus a lot of fun.

  I managed 58 Qs, some on 15 but the majority on 20 metres. 10 was dead for me.

          BARTGRTTYS Score Summary Sheet

      CallSign Used : G3LDI

  Operator Category : SINGLE-OP

              Power : LOW
               Mode : RTTY
   Default Exchange : 001
         Gridsquare : JO02ON

           Software : N1MM Logger V10.6.0

          Band    QSOs    Pts  Cty   Sec   Cnt
            14      50          50   21     8       4
            21       8            8     3      0       0
         Total      58         58   24    8       4

              Score : 7,424

    Great fun, difficult to keep up sometimes, but I think 75 Bauds has certainly proved
  more than capable of being the standard speed. Perhaps a few purists will think otherwise,
  the normal jingle-bell rhythm has been altered! However, after using it for a while, I became
  accustomed to it. Macros will have to be tweaked to cater for the higher speed with a few
  more repeats of essential exchanges being needed. I found a few stations trying to be too
  slick, and their exchange was merely "17"  or similar. Obviously this is too short with the
  vagaries of HF and I feel we should have a bit more in the exchange than that! There is even
  time for a GE or 73 or HI Fred!  Why not, I like to be sociable......

     Some nice DX worked, FM5, JA, ZP9, couple from SA, even Ian, GM3KLN, GB50ATG
  and Arf, G1XKZ.  I was very pleased to work G3WW, who at 93, is still contesting!!

    I hope John now includes this in the RTTY calendar, and keeps it short too. We have
  enough marathons!  Thanks to him for arranging it, and thanks to all who took part.

  73 de Roger, G3LDI, BARTG Chairman 

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