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

[Mark Perrin]

Tom,

Welcome to RTTY and contesting with RTTY ... there is no known cure once 
you get this bug.

And this reflector is one of the best, with prompt and excellent help 
from the basics to the most obscure points.

73, Mark N7MQ

On 1/11/2011 7:33 AM, K6XN wrote:
> Team
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> 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.
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> What a great group of people and what a great hobby.
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> 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
>
>
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> ARRL RTTY Roundup
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> Call: K6XN
> Operator(s): K6XN
> Station: K6XN
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> Class: Single Op HP
> QTH: CALIFORNIA
> Operating Time (hrs): 6
>
> Summary:
>   Band  QSOs
> ------------
>     80:    3
>     40:    2
>     20:  267
>     15:
>     10:
> ------------
> Total:  272  State/Prov = 49  Countries = 19  Total Score = 18,496
>
> Club: Northern California Contest Club
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> 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
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