[RRDXA] ON4CT CQ-WW-RTTY SINGLE-OP RTTY LOW NON-ASSISTED

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ON4CT CQ-WW-RTTY SINGLE-OP RTTY LOW NON-ASSISTED

Callsign:    ON4CT
Club:        Rhein Ruhr Dx Association
Location:    DX
Locator:     JO10PV

Contest:     CQ-WW-RTTY
Category:    SINGLE-OP
Band:        ALL
Mode:        RTTY
Power:       LOW
Overlay:     CLASSIC
Assisted:    NON-ASSISTED

Band  Mode  QSOs  DXCCs  Time   Rate
10m   RTTY   186     61  05:56    31
15m   RTTY   256     57  06:10    42
20m   RTTY   246     61  05:31    45
40m   RTTY   189     46  03:54    48
80m   RTTY   151     38  02:54    52
            1028    263  24:26    42

Claimed score: 1142040

Soapbox:

Some feedback after my announcing my participation. 

This weekend was a contest blast with the higher bands world wide open, 15m  was the best band. 

Running low power is not easy, you can rarely run due to get no responses or get pushed away by big guns.  The contest was done  80 % S&P, 20 % run.  
I got pushed away by YU and SP stations,  the YU had a very broad signal hence a bad spectrum. 

The lower bands where not that good, on Sunday it was better. 

I managed to get a lot of multipliers,  about +30 % than last years.  The claimed score is also  30 % higher.  I suppose other stations will have also record scores.

The classic overlay is good for me, I cannot run  a contest for more than 30 hours or so.  I choose the breaks  for food /sleep, and band condx. 
Mostly i can stay in the seat for  4 h, then I need a break/stretching. 
The diddles are still echo ing in my ears. 

Highlights qso :  ZL7IO called me on  80m.
A TF station give a double multi when i was running on 15m  after cq ing  for more than 6 min.  I just wanted to qsy and there was TF multi + zone 40. 
VP8NO called me on 10m. 

the transceiver : ftdx101mp  at 100w rtty output 
antennas : Tribander Cushcraft X7 @ 19m,  optibeam 40  rotary dipole @ 20,5m, inv v for 80m apex at  19m 
Pc running N1MM+  with MMTTY combo. 

Thanks for the qso s with DL stations on 10 to 80m bands.

Dirk on4ct