[SCCC] WAE DX - RTTY N6HE

[Ray Day]

                    WAE DX Contest, RTTY

 

Call: N6HE

Operator(s): N6HE

Station: N6HE

 

Class: Single Op HP

QTH: So. Calif.

Operating Time (hrs): 20

 

Summary:

Band  QSOs  Pts  QTCs  Mults

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   80:    7          0     6

   40:   46         10    20

   20:  143         50    38

   15:  168        100    48

   10:   54         50    29

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Total:  418   0    210   141  Total Score = 197,192

 

Club: Southern California Contest Club

 

Comments:

 

LOVE THE WAE RTTY!!!! QTC's, everybody-work-everybody, what's not to like?

Condx here up and (mostly) down, heard only a few EU stations.

 

Tried out a new (to me) Alpha 87A and I could even hold a run frequency. Had
to

dial it back a bit because of suspected balun heating on some bands (OCF

dipole). But I felt louder than normal and that's great!

 

I couldn't believe one guy whose serial number was in the 180's - typing the

exchange manually.... he must REALLY love RTTY!

 

When I was running, only one station gave me his full exchange on his first

call and only one guy tried to cleverly shorten the exchange by omitting the

RST. Several using 5NN, though....

 

My rig completely locked up once (in transmit mode, of course) while giving
QTC

fills to a JA - none of the usual fix-it tricks worked, even turning it
off/on

and disconnecting all the other cables connected to PTT......hrmph. Did a

"master reset" (re-boot) of the rig firmware (easily done,

thankfully) and that worked. But the JA was gone of course. Wonder if he'll

report the QTC's that he got OK?

 

Lots of new call signs, too that's good to see.

 

Thanks to the DARC and to all for the Q's. See you again soon.....

 

73, Ray N6HE