[Elecraft] RTTY for SOTA?

[Wayne Burdick]

Great story, Jim. Thanks.

10 m is amazing when it's open. I once worked Italy from Massachusetts mobile, driving up 495, running about 250 mW CW to a mag-mount whip about 3' long. The rig was homebrew, about 4x2x1", powered by a 9 V lithium battery. I would say "doesn't get much better than that," but every year I then get surprised by things that *are* better.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


> On Aug 19, 2020, at 4:14 AM, KK1W <kk1w.jim at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Wayne,
> 
> A small group of SOTA activators were on Burley Hill, W1/MR-002, September
> 30th, 2012 using the SOTA Jerks club call NE1SJ. Propagation was better in
> 2012 and toward the end of the activation I tuned around the 10 meter band
> with my KX3 looking for more contacts. Back then I was probably using a 41'
> end fed wire and it wasn't very high.
> 
> I found some strong RTTY signals, apparently a contest but I don't know
> which one. Remembering the KX3 could do RTTY with the paddles I quickly
> figured out how to make it work (well, maybe not so 'quickly' but it didn't
> take too long) and managed to work Marco, IK0YVV. I put another contact in
> my SOTA log and Marco logged another contest Q.
> 
> I think there were four of us on this activation (KX1X, N1FJ, K1MAZ and
> myself) and I'm sure everyone remembers working Italy on 10m RTTY, QRP that
> day.
> 
> Anyway, that was my only SOTA RTTY experience with KX3 #1124. I've made
> hundreds of SOTA contacts since but most are CW.
> 
> Still using my KX3, this year not many SOTA activations but it has had a
> workout in FD 2019 and 2020, 2A battery, QRP.
> 
> '73...
> Jim/KK1W
> 
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> 
> 
>> I've made hundreds of Field Day and contest QSOs using RTTY on Elecraft
>> rigs, but I was wondering...has anyone tried RTTY on a SOTA outing?
>> 
> 
>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>> 
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