[SFDXA] 17 Meter RTTY W1AW/7 at 20:33z

[LaVant Morell]

I was able to work him at 15:22z but had to turn on the amp after a few 
tries of not getting through.  I only saw him work 3 people.

Vant K4LM

On 5/7/2014 5:43 PM, Bill wrote:
> Was anyone trying to work the W1AW RTTY Station yesterday on 17? He 
> kept calling CQ and the whole world was calling him to no avail. Here 
> is an exchange on the RTTY Reflector. Mystery solved...
> Bill W2CQ
>
> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:34 PM, joeduerbusch <k0bx at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>> Anyone know who is operating on 17 meter RTTY now??
>> The whole world is calling him but he keeps sending CQ.
>> Must be equipment problems.
>>
>> Joe K0BX
>
>
> hi Joe - That was me operating RTTY about 90% of the time starting Sunday
> evening to the end. I suspect the K3 was damaged in this challenging
> multi-radio environment. I was careful to change bands via direct 
> frequency
> entry but I couldn't be in the room 24 hours so I suspect it took a whack
> when going 17->15->12 (a K3 changes bands with up/down buttons). I should
> have excluded the non-WARC bands for the duration but didn't think of it,
> was too wrapped up in getting the RTTY stuff working.
>
> Still, it was the first time I have ever been accused of being a 
> pirate on
> the cluster, something I will happily add to my list of accomplishments.
> Arrrr!
>
> - jeff wk6i
>
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