[RTTY] WPX Tips and Tricks Needed

[Hank Garretson]

Give some thought to doing more on 40 and 80.  In-country contacts are worth
two points on 40 and 80 instead of the CW-SSB WPX 1 point.

73,

Hank, W6SX

Mammoth Lakes, California

Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light



On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Jeffrey Demers <jdemers at wakefly.com> wrote:

I'm planning a serious effort for WPX RTTY this coming weekend.
>
> I'm still an extreme newbie to RTTY contesting - but boy has it been fun so
> far. I was hoping the veteran RTTY contesters could provide some tips on
> score maximization and on operating this contest in general.  I also see
> that the max operating time is 30 hours (instead of 36 max in other WPX
> contests) - this seems like a mixed blessing and I'm curious how serious
> WPXers deal with it with their off times.
>
> I've attached some of initial goals below.  They seem fairly realistic - a
> projected rate of 36 qsos per hour over 30 hours.   This seems very doable
> based on my current station capabilties and the growing participation in
> this event.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> 73! Jeff, N1SNB
>
>
> 2011 CQ WW WPX RTTY Goals
>
> 80/200
> 40/300
> 20/400
> 15/175
> 10/25
>
> Total QSOs:  1100 / with 600 prefixes for around 1.1 million points
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