[Elecraft] CQWW RTTY - K3 Experience

[David Wilburn]

Ran barefoot here, into a dipole at 40'.  2 stereo cables, a serial 
cable (for band info) and ran in VOX mode.  420 Qs, 235,296 pts.  Only 
my 3rd RTTY contest.  I had never done it at all before getting my K3 
in March.

David Wilburn
NM4M
http://www.nm4m.com




G4MKP wrote:
> I worked the CQWW RTTY contest last weekend. After nearly 30 years of 
> amateur radio operating, I have never had more than a handful of RTTY 
> QSOs so I struggled from the start with accepted contest procedures and 
> also the rig set-up necessary to maximise copy of the wanted signals and 
> the rejection of adjacent signals. I cracked the procedures quite 
> quickly but the copy problems continued for some hours until I cracked 
> the filter set-up. Once I set the high and low cuts to just past the 
> mark/space tones it was so simple and I posted 260k+ points easily. I 
> have the filter shape settings for this type of contesting saved now. 
> Another problem for me was the line input from my pc for the tones was 
> set at ‘3’, anything more and the whole thing over modulated and caused 
> my linear to pop, especially on 80m.
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> Having said how flawlessly the K3 performed, it was complemented by 
> N1MM’s cracking software which does just about everything for you. 
> Whether I was running or S&P the only effort required was turning the 
> VFO and clicking the mouse – easy contesting! (Oh dear! Another 
> marketing slogan from me – sorry). I’m looking forward to seeing how 
> this set-up works in the SSB and cw legs over the next couple of months.
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> Cheers,
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> Terry
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> G4MKP
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