[Ham-Mac] FW: JARTS-WW-RTTY 2005 AA5VU

[John E Bastin]

On Oct 17, 2005, at 11:02 AM, Dick Kriss, AA5VU wrote:


>
> One sad commentary is the average age of the JARTS-RTTY contesters,
> excluding the 99 reports from YL's.  I did not do the math but the  
> Mark I
> eyeball says it may be greater than 62. This is a sad commentary  
> for ham
> radio in general. This is truly becoming an OM hobby.
>

The '99' in the age exchange was the prescribed number in the rules  
for multi-op stations. YL's and XYL's could (optionally) send 00  
(zero zero). I worked one in the contest who actually sent that.

I remember thinking along the same lines as I copied ages in the  
contest.


>
> Thanks for the 239 QSO's. I recognized many of the calls from the
> rtty-contesting reflector and enjoyed the contest.
>
>

I only spent four hours in the contest and made 120 contacts. Sorry I  
missed you.

73,

John E Bastin, K8AJS
jbastin at sssnet.com
http://www.qsl.net/k8ajs/