[RTTY] An open letter to AA5AU

[Chicoine, Marc]

An open letter to Don AA5AU:

Don,

I just found out that I took first place low power Asia in the 2009 CQ WW RTTY contest under my Israeli callsign 4Z8BB.
Finally this is the first "piece of wood" (plaque) I've ever earned for a contest.

Part of my success I attribute to your on-line tutorial on your website "rttycontesting.com"

I work for Uncle Sam and I was on a two year assignment to Israel starting in January 2008.  In early 2008 I had setup a station
in Israel and thought it would be good to start RTTY contesting again.  I had an old PK-232 with old software that I dusted off
and quickly realized that I needed to upgrade so I researched the web and came across your website.  Thanks to your RTTY tutorial
I quickly got on board with WriteLog and a homemade interface for my Orion II.  I entered many RTTY contests and quickly earned
RTTY DXCC and RTTY WAS. I was also 2nd place Asia in the  CQWW RTTY WPX contest.
The pièce de résistance was winning the 2009 CQ WW RTTY (1st place Asia, low power).

Thanks again for your tutorial and for your various published articles on RTTY and RTTY contesting.



Marc E. Chicoine
DA1MC,  4Z8BB,  WC1X
Wiesbaden,  Germany