[RTTY] Midwest Black Hole

[Thom]

I have been following the threads on this subject.  I have lived in 
Michigan all my ham radio life.  My station currently is pretty 
spartan.  I have a Kenwood TS-480sat running 100 watts feeding a Alpha 
Delta DX-CC multiband dipole that covers 80-10 meters up at 30 feet.

Right now my biggest problem is rate.

NAQP RTTY 2017 I operated 10 hours and only made 169 contacts. That is a 
rate of 16.9 per hour which is 3.55 minutes between each contact.  I 
have no idea why this is.   Maybe it is my brain that is not functioning 
well.  I have been sick a lot in the past few years.

I do not feel I can compete with anyone any more. It's just not fun.

Anyway no contesting for me until Fall.  I need the time to get my head 
around contesting again. Maybe I never will.

73

Thom KI8W