[RTTY] OK DX RTTY last weekend

[Keith Maton]

Oh yes John, I think it can get worse.  Roughly two years until solar minimum!

73 Keith.



> On 19 Dec 2017, at 23:35, John Barber <john at bordertech.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> It was poor. My score was down by 20% on last year; the bands were lousy back then. 36 contacts on 21MHz in 2016 and just 20 this year.
> There were very few strong signals from any direction and DX was hard to find. It can't get much worse .. can it?
> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.
> See you in the SARTG NY test,
> John GW4SKA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Keith Maton
> Sent: 19 December 2017 21:34
> To: RTTY Contest Reflector <RTTY at contesting.com>
> Subject: [RTTY] OK DX RTTY last weekend
> 
> Hello to everyone who diddles.
> 
> Last weekend was the OK DX RTTY and I think conditions were the worst I’ve seen them on 15m.  I like 15m, it’s my favourite band and I’ll go for single band entries if I can.
> 
> My previous entry to this contest was back in 2012 where I made nearly 350 Qs on 15m.  This year I struggled to make 32 contacts.
> 
> Did anyone else have a go?  How did you get on?
> 
> 73 and Merry Christmas
> 
> Keith G6NHU
> 
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