[NLRS] Ac0ra/r cqwwvhf

Tue Jul 21 12:48:32 EDT 2020

I believe you need to have a separate installation of WSJT-X to unique
directories for every instance you want to run.

Rolf   NR0T

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 11:14 AM Wyatt Dirks <dirkswyatt10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Jon
>
> I'll try to answer all the question I've just read from everyone.
>
> First I like my 9700 and it pairs well with the 7300. Both seem to have
> pretty good rx.  I still hear stuff I can't work running kw.  And that
> isn't the 1 hit wonders on Ft8 either.
>
> I have never ran 2 wsjtx on one pc so I'm not the guy to ask for that.
>
> For this contest I run one laptop per radio with wsjtx running.  Then I
> manually do all the logging on the 6m laptop using n3fjp.  I try to keep
> things as simple as I can so if something quits I can fix it easily.  Also
> carrying two laptops I always have a spare.
>
> Also note I run both bands same time which is allowed in rover class for
> this contest and all others.  It's not allowed for single op class in this
> contest but you could one 1st seq on one band and 2nd the other. In arrl
> contest class doesn't matter you can have a transmitter on every band at
> same time.
>
> In rover I do get some interference on 2m from 6m depending on direction of
> antennas so I assume truck is messing with things there.  At home I use
> same exact antennas and never have any interaction.  I do use a band pass
> filter on 2m.
>
> This setup keeps you busy with both bands going.
>
> Hope this helps answer a few questions.
>
> 73 Wyatt
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 9:20 AM Jon Platt via NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Great score and nice rover set up Wyatt.   How do you like the Icom 9700
> > ?   Also, does anyone know if you can set up two independently running
> > versions of WSJT on a PC, one dedicated to say 6m and the other to 2m,
> thus
> > avoiding the need for two PC's?
> > 73, JonW0ZQ
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wyatt Dirks <dirkswyatt10 at gmail.com>
> > To: NLRS List <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Mon, Jul 20, 2020 11:14 am
> > Subject: [NLRS] Ac0ra/r cqwwvhf
> >
> > What a fun contest despite the lack of good 6m es.  I think after a few
> > years I finally got the 6m and 2m rover setup how I really want it for
> this
> > contest.  Using 6m5xhp at 25ft and 2m7 just above that with kw on easy
> > band.  Then I have 7300 and 9700 for radio each with there own laptop.
> > This year I finally got a working so2r box which unfortunately didn't
> get a
> > ton of use since ssb was mostly not happening.
> >
> > My basic strategy was to just steadily work what ever I could the entire
> > contest.  And since 6m never really opened that's about how it went.  I
> > operated from each of the 8 grids for 2 hours except En60 and en31 each
> got
> > 3 hours. So slow and steady with average of 35 qs an hour is how I got to
> > my totals.
> >
> > Below is the breakdown of qs/mults per grid plus the totals and other
> > random data.
> >
> >
> > Em69
> > 6m-50/41
> > 2m-32/23
> >
> > Em59
> > 6m-44/32
> > 2m-31/24
> >
> > En50
> > 6m-41/32
> > 2m-34/26
> >
> > En60
> > 6m-58/41
> > 2m-48/34
> >
> > En31
> > 6m-55/43
> > 2m-21/16
> >
> > En32
> > 6m-54/42
> > 2m-21/17
> >
> > En42
> > 6m-45/34
> > 2m-24/19
> >
> > En41
> > 6m-48/31
> > 2m-18/14
> >
> > Total
> > 6m qsos-395
> > 2m qsos-229(x2 for points= 458)
> > Qso points-853
> > 6m mults-296
> > 2m mults-173
> > Total mults-469
> >
> > Grand total score- 400,097
> >
> > Other data points
> > Arrl scoring-114,192
> > Unique 6m grids-131
> > Unuque 2m grids- 52
> >
> > 6m ssb qs-54
> > 6m digi qs-341
> > 2m ssb qs-38
> > 2m digi qs-191
> >
> > Had a really fun time in this contest again this year but hopefully next
> > year we can get some usable 6m eskip for high rate ssb runs.  And for all
> > the Ft8 haters who think that doesn't happen please think again.  Looks
> at
> > my June contest results from Kg5cci multi op where I almost logged 1000
> 6m
> > ssb qsos.  The band conditions have to be there or ssb runs just won't
> > happen.  And 98% of people on 6m don't have good enough stations to work
> > 400 or 500 miles on ssb tropo so Ft8 is much better for that.
> >
> > 73 Wyatt
> > Ac0ra/r
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