[RTTY] Re the 10m RTTY contest

[G0RPM]

Phil

I also spotted several stations that were significantly stronger than the
rest.  Perhaps QRO, perhaps high gain antennas, not sure.

I will confess though that I was one of them!  I had about 1/2 hour to spare
on Sunday afternoon, spotted the contest on, looked up the rules and thought
I'd give away a few points.  I knew the power limit was 100W but since I
wasn't competing felt it was OK to go QRO (within my license conditions).
My goal was to give away a few points to the contests, not to compete (which
you cannot really do in 1/2 hour).  I did not post an entry on 3830 because
that would imply I was competing.  A checklog for my paltry few QSOs will be
submitted when I get a moment!

Regards
Nigel, G0RPM


-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Phil Cooper
Sent: 05 December 2011 20:38
To: 'RTTY Contesting'
Subject: [RTTY] Re the 10m RTTY contest

Hi all,

I've just seen the 3830 summary for this contest, and I am a little
puzzled.....
The rules clearly state (3.) 100 watts output maximum.

And yet, some have put themselves into the HP category!
I am assuming they thought that as there is no QRP category, or only ONE
power level, they would use the HP section in the 3830 form?

But, having said that, I suspect that several stations were using a bit more
than 100 watts.
I heard several EU/AS stations that were so loud they had copyable signals
above and below their Tx frequency. Maybe overdriven AFSK can account for
that as well, but these stations were end-stopping on the meter, whereas
most folk were S6 - S9.

Over the past months, I have found it better to reduce output power,
especially when CQ'ing. In WAEDC and CQWW, I was down to around 50 or 60W
out, and in this one, I ran at about 70 watts, apart from calling the VP2
and the PJ2, for which I pushed out the full 100!

Just my thoughts.....................

73 all

Phil GU0SUP





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