[SCCC] NE6I CQ WPX RTTY

[Dennis Younker NE6I]

Call: NE6I

Operator(s): NE6I

Station: NE6I

 

Class: SOAB HP

Operating Time (hrs): 22

 

Summary:

Band  QSOs

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   80:   No antenna 

   40:  106

   20:  176

   15:   35

   10:   No sunspots

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Total:  317  Prefixes = 172  Total Score = 94,772

 

Club: Southern California Contest Club

 

Comments: I believe this is my first time in the WPX RTTY. I only have a few
years of RTTY under my belt now (late to the party!) and apparently I have
had conflicts in years past. WPX CW and SSB are among my favorite contests
because even when there is little or no DX whether it's the time of day or
the point in the sunspot cycle, working stateside for points and multipliers
keeps things fun for me. True to form, the RTTY version was a lot of fun.
The lower sunspot numbers caused quite a bit of compacting on 20 meters. At
times, there were stations every kHz (or less!) and that tested the rig's
DSP. Armed with my trusty HOA antenna, I was S&P virtually the entire
contest but finally had a good (for me) run on 20 by parking near the top of
the RTTY sub band during the last 90 minutes. That was fun.

 

Wonder if VB7150 is regretting using that call in a contest. N1MM+ did not
recognize it as a valid call here but a manual override took care of that.
Naturally, the first time I ran across him, he was surrounded by QRM and I
had to listen for a couple of minutes to verify the print was correct. A
quick check on QRZ.com validated that it was a legit call. 

 

ARRL DX CW is next week. Let's hope for a higher SFI! Hope all SCCCers will
get on for as long as time permits to contribute to the club score.
Remember, all scores help!

 

Rig:        FTDX3000D

Amp:      Alpha 87A

Ant:        Cushcraft D4  very low to hide from the HOA police

SW:        N1MM+