[UK-CONTEST] Re the UK DX RTTY

[Clive Whelan]

GW was available on 20m Sunday morning Phil, albeit my antenna was down 
at 15ft ( due to the very strong winds) beaming West straight into the 
wall of the house. However I worked an FG5 and a YV5 that way.


The chief problem I found was poor operating practices. One CT persisted 
in sending me his exchange despite the fact that I hadn't even responded 
to him after my CQ! And what's it all about when people insist on 
sending my exchange back to me; I do know what I sent! I can cope with 
this sort of stuff when it happens on CW, but find it difficult on RTTY. 
Now if only I could send Baudot on my paddle. !

Somehow the mode doesn't seem the same without reams of paper everywhere 
and the delicious aroma of hot oil on the 7B gears. It's definitely 
second best to CW but way way ahead of SSB in my book.


See you in the "Sprint"?


73



Clive
GW3NJW

Phil Cooper wrote:
> Hi Paul and the group,
>
> This was the first time I had tried this contest, and like you, I got fed up
> fairly quickly!
> Only one single G was logged, although I did see a couple of GM's and G's
> being worked during the saturday afternoon.
> I was hoping to find some G's on 80m, but bagged just the one, which I
> thought was fairly poor.
> I almost gave up there and then, but did a few more hours on the Sunday
> morning, and brought my QSO count up to 125.
>
> Yes, there were some seriously high scores towards the end, given that it is
> only a 24 hour contest! I had a few in the 900's.
>
> Also, there seemed to be some confusion over the exchange. One G I worked
> gave me 007, as that is his Area Code. Not his fault, as he was just trying
> out MMTTY for the first time, and hadn't realised there was a contest on.
>
> The exchange for Guernsey is GN, and way too many folk thought I was sending
> AGN, so they kept sending their exchange over and over! That made for hard
> work during the few runs I managed to get.
>
> Add to this the comments from Pete G3KNU about never having received his
> certificate for top UK station in Single op Low power section, then I am not
> sure I will try this contest again.
>
> I ended up with 125 Q's for 15120 points.
>
> 73 all
>
> Phil GU0SUP
>
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