[PaQSO] Doing it Digital

[John Myers]

Hi Joe,

That sounds interesting. What was your breakdown by band?

73,

John, KD8MQ

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:31 PM, W3BC <w3bc at w3bc.us> wrote:

> Now for something completely different...
>
>
> This year, looking for a new challenge, it seemed like a good idea to
> continue my "hard way" tradition. So it was 100% digital for W3BC, only
> operating RTTY and PSK, just to see if it could be done.
>
>
> It was slow going. Only 66 Qs and 39 mults. A grand total of 8-count
> 'em-8 PA counties worked in 22 hours of operation. Several stations said
> mine was their first or only PA digital contact in the contest.
>
>
> An average of 3 QSOs/hour would have convinced a sane person to grab a
> microphone on Sunday and make up for lost time, but nobody ever accused
> me of being sane. Tuning the bands with the R-71 while the main rig was
> CQ-ing fruitlessly, it was indeed tempting to give up on the lost cause,
> plug in the microphone, and join the mainstream.
>
>
> Or at least plug in the key and do some good old CW. (But there didn't
> appear to be a lot of PA QSO CW going on either)
>
>
> On a side note, apologies to anyone who tried to work me unsuccessfully.
> On 80 meters, the power line noise was S9+20dB at this QTH, and it's
> highly likely that many QSOs were missed as a result.
>
>
> Next year you may find me doing it digital again. Anyone care to join?
>
>
> 73!
> Joe W3BC
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