[RTTY] An open letter to AA5AU

[Dave Greig]

Don,
I would also like to chime in and thank you for your commitment to RTTY and
Contesting!

Dave Greig
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On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Chicoine, Marc <Marc.Chicoine at dcma.mil>wrote:

> 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
>
>
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