[TVARC] FT RUp K2PS SO Unlimited LP

[K2PS Pete Stafford]

The FT Roundup is the contest that replaced the 10M RTTY Contest pre-COVID.
After I won that one, worldwide, with about 27 QSOs, the sponsors decided to
get with the FT8/4 craze, which obviously has been way more popular.

I didn't plan to get in this one, but Rich, ND4G, nudged me into entering,
so I figured I could do FT8 from my easy chair, as usual.  But I realized
after a few QSOs in Advanced FT Roundup contest mode that it made me
manually respond to callers, unlike the usual process with the 1st Call
parameter checked.  So I decided that would take too much focus from my busy
day (like watching The Philadelphia Eagles).  But since Rich suggested I get
in, I emailed him indicating why I quit.  He responded that since I was
using the Max Dist option instead of First call, and since we were not
exchanging grids, the program couldn't calculate the distances between
stations, and I guess it defaulted to non-First call.  At that point I
hopped back on and all was well. Thanks, Rich!

Some pretty good activity in the contest sub-bands away from the normal
frequencies.

73, Pete, K2PS

                    FT Roundup - 2022

Call: K2PS
Operator(s): K2PS
Station: K2PS

Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 4

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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   80:     
   40:   50
   20:   27
   15:   81
   10:   19
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Total:  177  State/Prov = 35  Countries = 14  Total Score = 8,673

Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club

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