[RTTY] RTTY WPX AA5VU SOAB HP

[Keith Maton]

                   CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest

Call: M7P
Operator(s): M7P
Station: M7P

Class: SOSB15(TS) HP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
Band  QSOs
------------
  80:     
  40:     
  20:     
  15:  694
  10:     
------------
Total:  694  Prefixes = 399  Total Score = 720,195


Like Dick I also used fldigi, changing from 3.21.67 to 3.21.68 half way through the contest.  I also used OSX 10.8.2 and a TS-590S.

I found conditions this weekend to be very poor.  The band was noisy and my score was down on last year.  I found I had to ask for more repeats and was asked for more myself (despite using spaces instead of dashes ;-))

When I sent my 599 serial number I sent "599 599 599 599 (LOL)" but was still asked for a repeat which surprised me slightly as the station I was working was a good solid needle-busting genuine 599.

As much as I like fldigi, it's now time to move to some other software for my data contesting - I want to have a live score as I'm operating and some kind of DXCluster integration.  I mainly run rather than spend my time looking for multipliers and that's not the best way to get a good score.  Last year I registered Win-Test and will be trying that out within an XP virtual machine on my iMac.

73 Keith, G6NHU


On 10 Feb 2013, at 22:34, Dick Kriss <aa5vu at att.net> wrote:

>                   CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest
> 
> Call: AA5VU
> Operator(s): AA5VU
> Station: AA5VU
> 
> Class: SOAB HP
> QTH: 
> Operating Time (hrs): PT
> 
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs
> ------------
>  80:   38
>  40:   61
>  20:   69
>  15:   30
>  10:   25
> ------------
> Total:  223  Prefixes = 125  Total Score = 64,000
> 
> Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
> 
> Comments:
> 
> 223 QSO = 512 QSO Points x 125 Prefixes = 64,000 Total Points
> 
> Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
> 
> I used the CQ WPX RTTY contest to check out the new fldigi RTTY filters (added by W1HKJ and DO2SM based on inputs from W7AY) and fldigi-3.21.68 worked very nice under Mac OS X 10.8.2 with the Kenwood TS-590S. Very few requests for fills and the fldigi decoding was excellent. I did note and logged the "599" serial number send by K4LTE but stuck around to see him give out 600 to the next station as confirmation of what I logged.
> 
> [QSO: 14125 RY 2013-02-10 1423 AA5VU         599 193        K4LTE         599 599]  
> 
> My score is non-competitive but it was a fun way to enjoy the latest version of fldigi.  The 223 QSOs have been uploaded to LoTW twice because I screwed up. The WPX requires too much time-in-the-chair so mine was a part time effort. I think the competitive stations need and appreciate the part time contest participants.
> 
> 73 Dick AA5VU
> 
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