[RTTY] BARTG SPRINT 75

[W1BYH at aol.com]

As AA5AU says, THAT WAS A BLAST!!  I must say the first ten minutes or  so 
was a little intimidating, with a load of intermixed callsigns and extremely 
 short messages, like 1-1 to be decoded.  After a few contacts in the log,  
it was a pleasure to work contacts so quickly, and going back to DLDC 
seemed  like watching grass grow !  I loved the 4 hour session in between the 
DLDC  time slots and I am sure some of the other old guys can more readily 
handle the  shorter sprint.  At least I didn't have a problem with dozing off at 
the  keyboard for this one !!  The adrenalin was really pumping at this  
speed.  It seemed that there were many fewer requirements for repeats, even  
with the very short reports being sent by some stations, especially some of 
the  many unrecognized callsigns.  I was frankly surprised at the activity 
and  really enjoyed this one.
 
Worked the following:  20 meters   98 Q  39 M and 4  Continents (also 
missed Africa and Oceania)
15 meters   21 Q's  no multi's or continents for total score  of  18,564
 
See you back on the DLDC for a rest period!!
 
Very 73 to all,   Norm  W1BYH