[RTTY] OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP 2013

[Ktfrog007 at aol.com]

It's a short contest set up to favor Eastern Europe.  Makes sense for  
them, but not much for the rest of the universe.  I had about 40 QSOs,  mostly 
on the higher bands.  All of them were tough because the bands were  never 
optimal for me at the time of the contest.  Mostly comic relief from  the ARRL 
DX Phone.
 
I spent a lot of the time spotting stations for others to hear  and work 
and maybe stir up a bit more activity.  
 
N1MM sort of worked for me but didn't handle the exchange (XXNNN)  properly 
if the QTH field was pre-filled.  To make it convenient, I'd  delete any 
pre-fill and then click on the exchange.  Also, N1MM let me do  the dupe 
determination, rather than flagging it directly.  A minor  inconvenience since it 
did show the previous QSOs at the bottom of the  log.  I just had to pay 
attention to the band and time.
 
I saw the log rules and they seemed rather draconian, but I'll submit my  
log to help others out.  I would encourage others to do the same.
 
73,
Kermit, AB1J
 
In a message dated 3/3/2013 15:51:43 Coordinated Universal Time,  
aa5vu at att.net writes:

No  logging or scoring issues. I did not hear or work one QSO in the  
contest.  I did listen in all for sessions. No signals to my QTH in South  Texas.

Maybe next year

Dick AA5VU
In a message dated 3/3/2013 14:03:04 Coordinated Universal Time,  
g6nhu at me.com writes:
 
If  anyone has made any QSOs in this contest, please submit the log.

>From  the rules:

"   Valid QSOs will be confirmed to participant if  all cross-checked data 
in logs is present and correct.
Please send your LOG even if you  made only a few QSOs, it will give valid 
points to other  participants."

In other words, if you worked someone and don't submit a  log, they don't 
get the points!

73 Keith,  G6NHU