[Elecraft] K3: The ARRL RTTY Round UP

[Tim]

I only have had a handful of RTTY contacts since getting my K3/10 (# 0430).
Did play in the RTTY Round Up for a few hours.  Cranked it down to 1 watt (I
don't know why I keep doing that!) and worked 74 Qs and 31 Mults.  Even
worked Lee in KS (who bagged over 1K Qs! ) Like Dave, I programmed two CW
memories (no [external] computer) and let her rip for search and pounce.
Even worked  LU, JA, XE, P4 plus several states.  That was fun!  Antenna, by
the way, was my lame 88' dipole with one leg kind of vertical and fed with
450 ohm ladder-line.

Did notice, espcially on 40m yesterday afternoon, that there were solid RTTY
sigs from 7.000 - 7.100 MHz.  Guess it's the WARC bands if you're looking
for a CW ragchew.  I do hear some of the digital guys complaining about CW
contests on different weekends though so I guess we get to trade a bit.

72,

Tim K5OI
Ruidoso, NM
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