[RTTY] Re the 10m RTTY contest

[Doug McDuff]

I must confess that I was one of the ones running QRO.  It was certainly 
not by intention.

Just before the contest I had been chasing some station whose call 
frankly now eludes me.  And I failed to turn off the amp at the start of 
the contest.  Though hard to believe, I am sure, I didn't notice my 
mistake until I was into the contest at least an hour.

So, thereafter I decided I was going to just have fun and only plan to 
submit a check log.

Kudos to the contest organizers.

73, Doug W4OX

On 12/5/2011 8:38 PM, Phil Cooper wrote:
> 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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