[PPRAANet] NAQP RTTY Score

[DickT-W0RAA]

I agree, Steve.  There really should be more FD RTTY activity.  Maybe I will 
operate just RTTY on FD as 1D.

BTW, the tower and beam are completely finished.  Del came by today and 
rerouted the coax & rotor cable, raised the beam about another 15" on the 
mast and clamped everything down.  So, the beam is at about 34' above 
ground, and it looks like a good solid installation.  From the time it came 
down to the finish was a total of 3 months.  I'm still gun shy about the 
winds, but unless they are fierce I am going to leave the A3S in place.  I 
heard a JR1 on 20 CW this afternoon.  On the vertical he was barely 
readable.  On the A3S he was a solid S5.  I got him on the first call.  He 
gave me a 589 with QSB.  I can live with that.  :)

Del said he'd be waiting for your call.

Dick


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve **KT0DX**" <kt0dx at comcast.net>
To: <ppraanet at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [PPRAANet] NAQP RTTY Score


> Nice score and sorry we missed one another as I could have used the
> point.  I think you will have a lot of
> fun as you become more involved in RTTY contesting.  I just wish there
> was more activity on RTTY when
> Field Day comes along.  I for one will be on RTTY as much as I can this
> upcoming Field Day.
>
> Steve
> KT0DX
>
> On 2/28/2011 02:21, Dan Scott wrote:
>> North American QSO Party, RTTY
>>
>> Call: W0RO
>> Operator(s): W0RO
>> Station: W0RO
>>
>> Class: Single Op LP
>> QTH: CO
>> Operating Time (hrs): 5
>>
>> Summary:
>>    Band  QSOs  Mults
>> -------------------
>>      80:    0     0
>>      40:   90    40
>>      20:   35    15
>>      15:
>>      10:
>> -------------------
>> Total:  125    55  Total Score = 6,875
>>
>> Comments:  Nice contest and most operators kept the contacts terse for
>> quick exchanges.  On 20-meters I tried using the Radio's combination
>> Panadapter/Waterfall ("Panfall") display as opposed to the waterfall on
>> fldigi and found found this to be a better when "Pouncing".  On
>> 20-meters I kept the power to 50-watts or less because my SWR is high in
>> the digital portion (and CW) part of the band.  On 40 I just ran
>> contacts from one frequency using 80-watts.  When "Running" I found
>> using the best option was the waterfall on fldigi.
>>
>> Pile-ups are strange on RTTY and took me a while to recognize what was
>> happening.   It was nice working many Colorado Springs station.
>> All-in-all, my second attempt at a digital contest went well, it allowed
>> me to learn more about my radio as well as operate a mode that is mostly
>> unfamiliar to me.
>>
>> 73,
>> Dan
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