[RTTY] E30FB Eritrea TrIfecta

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

If the Club log stats are accurate they only logged about 2500 contacts 
on RTTY.  So congrats to all!

Mike W0MU
On 3/17/2015 4:00 PM, Phil Cooper wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Well, it wasn't so easy from EU either!
> I have spent various hours in the shack, trying so hard to work them, and
> was getting used to the idea that I would not get to work them.
>
> As it happens, I have worked E3 before on RTTY (some years back on 20m
> only), so I wanted to get them on 15m if at all possible.
> Last night (16th), I got home from work, and only saw spots saying they were
> QRX for dinner.
> Whilst mine was cooking, I sat on 21080, just listening, and was around when
> they came back.
> I thought the band looked quiet, so I went up 2, and tried, but no luck.
> I had a quick listen up the band, and saw W1JR get worked up around 7, so I
> went up a bit more, called a few times and got them.
>
> I suspect they may have had local QRN too, as they were loud here, but I
> don't think they were hearing some of the big guns around.
>
> It's even more pleasing as I only have a small 2-ele mini-beam up 20', and
> don't possess a linear.
> But, I do have 200 watts to play with, and that's what it took.
>
> The last few entries in my log are all new slots for me, such as T8 on 17m,
> 5H1 on 30m, BV on 12m, 9Q on 15m, A9 on 30m, EA9 on 80m, PJ2 on 12m, all
> RTTY
>
> And I got K1N on 10 & 17m RTTY, both Q's within 20 minutes of each other,
> and total fluke in both cases.
> A real case of "right place, right time".
>
> 73 de Phil GU0SUP
>
>
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