[SMCARA] ARRL Rookie Round-up RTTY

[Tom Shelton]

If you are looking to try something new, or want to build up your WAS (RTTY)

If you were first licensed in 2013, 2014, or 2015

If you have digital capabilities (RTTY)

 

Then here’s a chance to play this afternoon
.

 

Full Rules: http://www.arrl.org/rookie-roundup (Select “Complete Rules”
under “Overview”

 

Highlights: 

Times:  1800 UTC (2:00 PM EST) through 2359 UTC (7:59 PM EST).  6 hour
contest
.

Exchange: Call sign of station worked, your call sign, your first name,
two-digit number of the year first licensed (“check”) and state, Canadian
province, Mexican call area, or “DX”. 

Examples: 
NØAX from KB1QAW, Carol, 08, Connecticut
KX9X DE VE7XYZ DAVE 07 BC
KD2ABC DE XE1KK RAMON 96 XE1
KG6PQR from JH4NMT Toshi 75 DX

 

Rookies (first licensed in 2013, 2014, 2015) may work anyone – 2 points for
working a rookie, 1 point for working a non-rookie.

Non-Rookies (everyone else) may work only rookies (2 points each).

Multipliers: Each US state and the District of Columbia (51 total) – use US
postal codes as abbreviations. Be careful – many states have similar
spellings and abbreviations! i.e. Missouri is MO, Minnesota is MN, Michigan
is MI, Mississippi is MS, Maine is ME, Massachusetts is MA, etc.See the
complete list of abbreviations at the end of these rules. Canadian Provinces
(13 total) : See the complete list of abbreviations at the end of these
rules.5.2.3. Mexican call areas (5 total): XE1, XE2, XE3, XF1, and XF4  One
generic DX multiplier, which includes contacts with US possessions (such as
Puerto Rico KP4 and Guam KH2) and all other entities not listed in 5.2.1,
5.2.2 or 5.2.3.  The total number of possible multipliers is 70.

You can use HRD or FLDigi.  I recommend GenLog as a quick and easy (and
free) logbook for contesting - http://www.qsl.net/w3km/

You can also use the free N1MM+ which is a much more powerful program, but
not as easy to use (also free) -
http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-index.php?page=Full+Install

 

Hope to hear you on – as always I’ll be available to help you with
completing and submitting your log – if you have any questions regarding
RTTY set-up, contact myself or Boz – for RTTY contesting, check out
http://www.rttycontesting.com/ or give me a shout
.

 

 

Tom Shelton, ND3N