[SCCC] WAE RTTY WN6K SOAB/LP

[PAUL DOREY]

WAE DX Contest, RTTY Call: WN6K
Operator(s): WN6K
Station: WN6K Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Vista, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 35 Summary: Band  QSOs  Pts  QTCs  Mults
------------------------------ 80:    3          0     3 40:  119         10    32 20:  102         40    35 15:  265        160    61 10:  164        180    48
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Total:  653   0    390   179  Total Score = 412,028 Club: Southern California Contest Club Comments: FT-5000
SteppIR -DB18 @55ft. (40-6m)
OCD @50ft. (160/80m) Well after the '1st hour Euforia' of a bit of a run, things settled into a
rather pedestrian pace.  So much so, I finished of the remainder of the Ludlum
novel from the last  contest and opened a new Patterson.  Finished the weekend
digesting 1/3rd of a Grisham and there went my Christmas collection from last
year. Since Christmas is a ways off, I might go to the library and check out an
Encyclopedia Britanica although the SS next weekend should be a faster paced
animal we hope. There was some kind of flare that knocked things back a bit with an elevated A
index and diminutive action on the high bands early on Friday. Bagging it
early, I 'banked time for sleeping' and an early call in the morning on
Saturday.  The JAs on 40 must be SSB ops and were involved with the JIDX
Contest because the response on 40 was 'underwhelming' again.... On Rtty, the
JAs have a very limited band so it was really difficult to find new or stir up
new on that band. In the RTTY version of WAE, one gets mults from Call Areas to add to the
country mults which help a lot to keep the interest up.  The scores are
assisted also by the QTC game - you can give and recieve to ANYONE not in your
continent. But unfortunately, only a few took advantage of that and after a
while I quit asking and I left plenty on the table for QTCs. I like this contest a lot and there would be better participation earlier in
the season ( there are a couple of weeks where the calendar is fairly light. Thanks for everyone who found/worked me - 100w in variable condx does make it
challenging when the 'print' gets sketchy. WN6K. Paul (off to the bookstore for the next contest) p.s. 51 DXCCs (30 from EU)