[SCCC] SCC RTTY - WN6K

[David Hodge]

I got on with my K3 and a paddle (does that make me semi-automatic?) to work the last two states for TPA which are ME and ND.
After answering a few guys on 20 I called CQ and was suddenly fresh meat! That was fun.
So far it looks like the needed states did not call in. I did work a few other 1969s and got a call from VK6HD.
The highlight of highlights was working UA0YAY, then finding the LOTW confirmation this morning. Wow!
Happy to help out, Paul. Good to work you.
 
73, David N6AN
 
SOAB HP (20 meters)
 

> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:31:51 -0700
> From: wn6k at sbcglobal.net
> To: sccc at contesting.com
> Subject: [SCCC] SCC RTTY - WN6K
> 
> SCC RTTY Championship
> 
> Call: WN6K
> Operator(s): WN6K
> Station: WN6K
> 
> Class: SOAB LP
> QTH: Vista, CA
> Operating Time (hrs): 24
> 
> Summary:
> Band QSOs Pts Mults
> ------------------------
> 80: 4 6 4
> 40: 93 205 46
> 20: 173 398 53
> 15: 137 350 49
> 10: 3 6 3
> ------------------------
> Total: 410 965 155 Total Score = 149,575
> 
> Club: Southern California Contest Club
> 
> Comments:
> 
> SCC sent me a nice certificate from last year's event a few weeks back for 1st
> place N. America - Low Power so I wanted to make another effort this year. With
> conditions seemingly a bit better, I was hoping to maintain enough for a
> repeat.
> 
> This is not a 'biggie' but it was a fun event with the mults being our license
> year, it is interesting to see how the years are represented. From 1950 -
> 2011, I only missed getting 51,91,97,98,2000 and 08 which says hams young and
> old are doing the RTTY thing. 
> 
> Beat last year's score by 30% and was really focused on keeping the error rate
> down - last year was a 1.4% and I do feel I did better this year.
> 
> Heard a VU on 15m Saturday morning but was never able to get in but was a nice
> find all the same. Moderate openings to EU from here - not spectacular. All
> bands seemed pretty noisey.
> 
> Contacts on Ten - one local, one PY and one W2 - it just would not open. Could
> not get the ball ever rolling on 40m - just too much atmospheric noise until the
> wee hours of the morning.
> 
> Writelog/microHam crapped out 3 times in 24 hours - one time with a Blue Screen
> of Death but recovered everything and got back into the fight.
> 
> Barely keeping awake wrapping this stuff up so off to dream about the ones that
> got away.....
> 
> 73 and thanks everyone who donated to the cause, 
> WN6K - Paul
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