[RTTY] Re the 10m RTTY contest

[Jim McDonald]

Barry,

I was beaming east from here is the US Midwest with my 4L SteppIR last
Sunday and was called by three stations there: ZS6PVT, ZS1JY, and ZS6WB.  As
Don said in an earlier email, I "fished" for ZS6PVT, calling CQ a couple kHz
away from a station he had just worked, but the others just answered my CQs.
I don't know how much power they were running, but I was happy.

Jim N7US



-----Original Message-----

Not when you are down at the bottom end of Africa!!!!  From here low power
is pure masochism - no fun at all.

This fact, plus faulty antennas, meant that I left 10m alone this past
Sunday. It is hard enough making oneself heard with high power (for us that
means 400W) when pretty much no-one actually beams in this direction. 100W
from here is an exercise in frustration, and I don't do frustration very
well!!

Looking forward to the Roundup - should have my antennas fixed by then
(after 3 months of almost constant buffeting by strong winds)

73 de BARRY MURRELL ZS2EZ
KF26ta - Port Elizabeth, South Africa
website : www.zs2ez.co.za