Russian RTTY WW Contest
Call: K6GEP
Operator(s): K6GEP
Station: K6GEP
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 8
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts Mults
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80: 6 30 1
40: 41 225 5
20: 74 420 15
15: 1 10 1
10:
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Total: 122 685 22 Total Score = 15,070
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
It has been 3 fun weekends in what I will call the European RTTY Triple Crown
(SARTG, SCC, Rus RTTY).
Conditions were mediocre this weekend, with the sun doing its usual belch
right
before the contest. I need to ask K7RA why this always seems to happen on
Friday nights. I think it is somehow related to Murphy's Law.
I got on Friday night early enough in the evening to work all that I could
before the East Coast went to bed. There were few stations to work after
0600z.
Had some small runs going on 40. Couldn't do much on 80, but it really wasn't
too noisy for this time of year.
I was disappointed that there were very few stations on 40 around 1200z.
Seemed
like me & K7QQ were the only US/VE stations on. Thankfully, 6K5AQY was there
to put zone 25 on the air for an ESP qso. Very disappointed that I couldn't
work
any JA or UA9/0 at that hour. VR10LXN couldn't hear my 100W, but K7QQ worked
him.
I never worked any Russians in Russia. 8-(
Heard a lot more Europe that I could work this morning. Managed to log S53EO.
Couldn't get ON5SV or the French station.
This afternoon a very strong station called me, but it was unintelligible. I
sent back "NO CPY - REVERSE?" About 15 minutes later this 5-land station
called me back to work me, and to thank me. He hadn't been on RTTY for years.
I managed to almost quadruple my QSOs from last year, but I wasn't really
trying
last year.
Rig: FT-990
Antenna: 2 Element VE7CA Dipole Beam up 25 feet pointed east
40 meter inverted vee up 50 feet at apex
Alpha Delta DX-CC Multiband Dipole for 80
Software: N1MM + MMTTY - Excellent, but had some slight problems that I will
discuss on another reflector. Likely is user error.
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