North American QSO Party, RTTY - July
Call: W5KFT
Operator(s): K5PI
Station: W5KFT
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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80: 48 27
40: 102 41
20: 235 52
15: 139 40
10: 91 27
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Total: 615 187 Total Score = 115,005
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Team: SWACC #1
Comments:
I lashed up an SO2R setup, but then couldn't really use it. For some reason,
MMTTY would keep the PTT closed for 4-5 seconds after sending a message. Maybe
it was Windows 7? I tried flipping a bunch of switches in MMTTY, but no luck.
I tried both a PCI serial port and a USB serial port -- same results. I think
I made about a dozen contacts -- if I worked you this way, thanks for your
patience.
So this was just a boy-and-his-radio event for me, but I had a good time. Ten
meters was in fine shape during the first hour. I came back to 10 a few times
during the afternoon but only picked up a few more QSOs. Twenty was very
productive, so I didn't hit 40 until 0100Z. When I got to 40, it was pretty
slow going that first hour or so. Eighty was really noisy here, even though
there were no storms in the immediate area.
I didn't try to move an awful lot of people, but I did have some success.
Thanks especially to VE4EAR who called me on 80 in the last 10 minutes of the
contest. I moved him to 40, no problem. He seemed surprised when I suggested
we try 20 as well. No problem -- decent signals there, too. So Ed suggested
we try 15, too! No luck there, but thanks for trying, Ed!
Rig: TS-850, DXP-38 (and occasionally K3 with MMTTY)
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