[SECC] SARTG K4AQ SOAB QRP

[Matt Lee, K4AQ]

                    SARTG WW RTTY Contest

Call: K4AQ
Operator(s): K4AQ
Station: K4AQ

Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: Atlanta, GA
Operating Time (hrs): 5.8 (3 x 8-hr periods)

Summary:

 Band  QSOs  Pts  Mults
------------------------
   80:   1     5     2
   40:  20   185    11
   20:  31   335    18
   15:   1    10     2
   10:                
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Total:  53   535    33  Total Score = 17,655

Club: South East Contest Club

Comments:

http://www.sartg.com/contest/wwrules.htm


My first SARTG RTTY. Used the middle period to play in NAQP SSB.

WAC: NA SA OC

DXCC:  HI K LU VE VK   ZL ZP


Best DX (distances per WriteLog beam heading)
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1. 221141z VK4UC, Australia, 20m, 9094 mi (1819 mi/watt)
2. 221246z ZL2AMI, New Zealand, 20m, 8177 mi (1635 mi/watt)

Considering the poor band condx over the weekend, I was very surprised
when VK4UC and ZL2AMI copied my QRP calls.

Nice to work Paraguay/ZP5DBC on 20m, a country I seldom hear on the air.

It was interesting to observe IonoProbe (http://www.DXAtlas.com/) report
Radio Blackouts and/or Geomagnetic Storms in almost real-time. The bands
would get very quiet almost immediately when blackouts were reported.


Yaesu FT-897 transceiver operated at 5 watts into a 5-MHz OCF 28-gauge
insulated wire stealth antenna up 40 feet in heavy foliage trees next to
I-75 in downtown Atlanta industrial area (S9 noise level with 500-Hz IF
filter). SGC SG-237 Smartuner. Tigertronics SignaLink SL-1 sound card
radio interface. WriteLog 10.48f with RTTYrite.

--
Matt Lee, K4AQ
Atlanta, GA USA
<K4AQ at arrl.net>