[RTTY] THANKS FOR ALL THE RTTY HELP FROM AN RTTY ROOKIE

[K6XN]

Team

 

I wanted to thank all of you for the RTTY information and recommendations
and input you all share with each other and with we RTTY rookies and old
farts (we know who we are) :-) .  I have learned a lot from you guys and
gals from what is posted here and it has been very helpful to me. I have
also  experienced great off reflector emails containing appreciated help and
assistance when I have asked for it and I very much appreciate terrific
operators like VQ9LA making a special effort to work us here on the West
Coast long path using RTTY a few weeks ago. 

 

What a great group of people and what a great hobby.

 

I am still celebrating the fact that everything actually worked perfectly
for me for my first RTTY RU contest this last weekend thanks to your help
and that of the NCCC. Thanks again and 73, Ted, K6XN, RTTY rookie

 

ARRL RTTY Roundup
 
Call: K6XN
Operator(s): K6XN
Station: K6XN
 
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: CALIFORNIA
Operating Time (hrs): 6
 
Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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   80:    3
   40:    2
   20:  267
   15:     
   10:     
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Total:  272  State/Prov = 49  Countries = 19  Total Score = 18,496
 
Club: Northern California Contest Club
 
Comments:
 
Ham radio RTTY is a new experience for me after 50 years + being an active
ham
radio operator and I am a rookie at RTTY. This was my first RTTY RU and a
*lot*
of fun. I did not use sophisticated equipment this time but a "mobile rig"
Yaesu
FT-857D with Collins mechanical filters, an old laptop and an antique Alpha
amplifier and an antique KLM triband antenna (KT-34XA). Everything worked
great! Lots of fun and I intend to substantially improve moving forward. I
was
only able to spend about 6 hours in this contest and I primarily operated on
only the 20M band but I am hooked!!! :-) Thanks for all the fun and the QSOs
guys and gals! I am still celebrating that everything actually worked :-)
73, Ted, K6XN