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Call: 8P2K Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 359,292
Another contest week-end shared with various family duties. Propagation seemed
to be pretty good and the rigs and other equipment held up well. Still
suffering for lack of a real 80m antenna but hopefully that will be fixed
shortly and certainly by next season. Was great to get openings into JA on 10,
15 & 20m and to work VK7KT at the death for a double mult. Great to also
work the usual suspects, many on all 4 or 3 of my active bands. This may also
have been the first WW contest where I worked more EU than NA stations -
including many many more on 10m but that was likely more a reflection of my
available operating time.
80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total %
EU 0 25 39 39 103 206 54.4
NA 0 26 57 32 34 149 39.3
OC 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.5
AF 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.8
SA 0 0 2 2 0 4 1.1
AS 0 0 10 4 1 15 4.0
Thanks for the many Q's especially from those who had to pull my LP signal out
of the mud.
73, Dean
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Call: AA5AU Class: SOSB/10 HP Total Score = 242,970
I hadn't given this contest much thought beforehand. At the last minute I
decided to go single band 10 meters. I was on call at work so knew I probably
wouldn't be able to do a full effort.
The contest starts at 9 PM local time so ten meters was not open. The band
opened early Saturday morning just past sunrise at around 1230Z and was very
good into Europe for a couple hours when my phone rang and I was called into
work around 1500Z which is prime-time Europe for me. I didn't get back until
1830Z but the band was still open to Europe at 1900Z! After Europe went away it
got a little slow so I took a nap in case I got another call for work.
I had just sat down in the chair and to look for JA's in the afternoon when I
got called to work again to the same hospital but on a different problem. So I
missed the bulk of the JA opening Saturday but when I returned, the band was
still open to Asia 'til about 0130Z which is about an hour and half past
sunset.
The band opened early again Sunday morning, but unfortunately a line of
thunderstorms came barreling through just after sunrise so I had to shut down
for an hour. After that, Sunday's opening on ten was even better than Saturday
despite the SFI being only 140. It's funny that we've seen higher SFI numbers
lately but poorer conditions on ten than what we experienced this weekend. Once
the weather cleared, ten was fantastic Sunday and a lot of fun. I didn't get
called into work so I was able to spend the whole day at the radio. The runs
into Europe were great and in the afternoon, the runs into Japan were the best
I can remember despite it being Monday morning there.
I kept eyeing the USA record for 10 meters and I think I may have had a chance
had I not missed 5.5 hours of prime operating on Saturday and the hour for
weather on Sunday. It would have been close - maybe next year! I still think
it's a decent score for part-time.
The highlight of the weekend was snagging 4S7DFG on 10 CW and 4S7FRG on 12 CW
late Sunday morning for new band countries.
73, Don AA5AU
Icom IC-756 PRO III
Ameritron AL-80B amplifier 400 watts
3-element SteppIR @ 45'
2-element SteppIR @ 35'
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Call: AA8R Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 121,500
Part time effort. Other Family commitments. Thanks for the Q's.
Equip: K3, ICOM PW-1, Mosley PRO-67B, N1MM.
Randy, AA8R
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Call: AB1J Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 532,494
This is a second tier contest that should be right up there with the big RTTY
events, but isn't. What it has going for it are the Expert/48/30/6 categories,
lots of mults and being at the March equinox. On the other hand, it is
remarkably user-unfriendly with the 5 minute rule, the 3 hour off minimum, no
low power category and conflict with the RUDX. Plus BARTG could drop the 599,
as they do with their Sprint. This is a contest with a lot of potential if the
sponsors wanted to bump it up a notch or three.
Usually I go light on this contest, but this time I had some station testing to
do and my other weekend plans fell through, so I used up my whole SOAB 30 hours,
although it was more like 22 hours before being inflated by the 3 hour off
rule.
My main concern had to do with running a RCKskimmer in very close quarters.
After previously trying some other schemes, I put a splitter in the RX antenna
loop on my FT-2K, dividing the signal between the FT-2K and the skimmer TS940S.
Each signal is down about 3.6 dB, 3 dB due to the split and 0.6 dB from
insertion loss. Most of the time I didn't miss the 3.6 dB, but if I needed it
back I could just pop the RX antenna button OFF to send all the signal to the
FT-2K. I did that maybe 8 times in the contest. Overall this worked well and
is the best method I've come up with yet. It's still a compromise situation.
I think for some contests I might locate the skimmer station elsewhere and
Telnet it back to my QTH.
One guy refused to work me. We had a previous busted QSO (from my POV) due to
QRM and when I tried again later he completely ignored me. A similar thing
happened to me in the WPX-RTTY last month. I wish word would go forth to all
nations and peoples that dupes don't hurt you in the computer age. Often they
save you points.
Another guy worked me but NILed me out of his log because I wasn't sending my
exchange in the correct (according to him) format (Me: 599-123-1234 123-1234
Him: AB1J NIL SET UR EXCHANGE ACCORDING TO THE RULES). The funny thing was he
had a macro for this, which means he was locked and loaded and just waiting for
miscreants like me to cross his path. Then BAM! he got me right between the
eyes. I guess I made his day but didn't know whether to laugh or cry so I
QSYed.
With the 2 element exchange, I made heavy use of the three decoding windows. On
rare occasions I grabbed the call from one, serial from another and time from
the third. This amused me for some reason. I noticed lots of requests for
repeats.
The bands were good, but 40 had a lot of distortion Friday night. This is
fairly common at my QTH in the evening. I fight back with 2Tone set to Flutter
and using a wider MMTTY profile based on the Fluttered/Multipath profiles (these
are essentially the same under the hood) plus a lot of AGN AGN?. I slept during
the night but wish I had stayed up to catch the late night 20m deep Russians in
this contest or the RUDX.
Thanks for the Qs. I had a good time in spite of myself. For me the next RTTY
big one is the WW in September. Exciting times await.
73,
Ken, AB1J
FT2000-N1MM-MMVARI-MMTTY-2TONE-Win8
TS940S-RCKskimmer-XP
20-10 attic dipoles and outdoor stealth 40m coaxial dipole
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Call: AC2FA Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 54,120
K2 @ 80 watts. N1MM/FLDIGI
Good contest, I wish I had more serious time in the chair.
Thanks W2DXE for the multiple contacts.
73,
Bob
AC2FA
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Call: AE7DW Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 157,500
TX: FT897 @ 100w
ANT: JTV680 @ ~ 25' (rooftop)
LOGGER: N1MM
RTTY: MMTTY
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Call: AF6GA Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 119,892
This was a slow one for me, with a lot of time digging out print. More bad than
usual and unfortunately a couple of dupes - sorry :/ Got distracted saturday
afternoon by checking out the RU DX contest looking for new ones.
EU was good saturday morning and maybe for the first time worked more DX thank
US, but perhaps that was the nature of the BARTG contest - first time for me.
Thanks for the QSOs...
73
K3/P3 - AT2k - 68ft doublet sloper @ 40ft
N1MM & 2Tone
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Call: EA8OMN Class: SO Expert LP Total Score = 678,960
my GPA-50 (vert) is down, used a 40m dipole for all bands
turned on by good conditions
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Call: F1IWH Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 273,360
For the fun.
Rig TS450S - PWR max 100W - Ant doublet 2x20m - delta-loop 40m long 9m up - 3
el yagi TH3JR 5m up.
Thank all for QSO.
73 de Dan.
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Call: F5RD Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 253,080
Transceiver - IC751AF 80 Watts.
Antennas - Center-fed 2x20m on 80 to 10m, Ground Plane on 20/15/10m, 2 el HB9CV
on 10m.
Software - N1MM Logger V14.03.00.
A good contest but less good than the last year.
because I had to stop sunday morning at 10:00 TU.
The propagation was good on all bands and I contacted the six continents.
Thanks to all who worked me.
See you again next year.
F5RD Bernard
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Call: GM0FGI Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 322,560
Very little time due to visitors, conditions on 15m excellent.
Thanks for all contacts and to organisers
Equipment: Icom 7600 ACOM 1010 300 watts max. Hexbeam fixed at 2m (temporary)
40m quarter wave vertical and 80m full wave loop at 30ft.
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Call: GU0SUP Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 466,464
Amazing conditions on the higher bands, as reflected in my totals.
Had some fun, and had a good run to JA on 10m on Sunday morning.
Thanks to all for the points!
73 de Phil GU0SUP
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Call: K4GMH Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 2,350,800
Thanks BARTG for another FB Contest. Thanks to all for the Qs. Appreciated.
Bands were good. The upper bands were exceptionally good throughout the
weekend.
Had lousy time management this weekend. Didn't come near 30 hours of
operating.
2 Tone V14.02a did very well over the weekend. Only had one instance of 2 Tone
locking up while transmitting. The other copy of 2 Tone used by the second
radio did not lock up throughout the Contest. The contest S/W, including both
copies of MMTTY and 2 Tone, was left on for the full 48 hours of the Contest.
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Call: K9NR Class: SO Expert LP Total Score = 1,502,820
I planned on a full 30 hours but things got in the way. Still, my best score to
date in this contest. I thought the Russian DX Contest might have gobbled up
operators that might other wise have been operating RTTY. Both good contests.
Thanks for all the Q's
73, Don Kerouac K9NR
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Call: KD8IGK Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 6,650
Did not have much time to operate, but this was my first BARTG contest so I
learned a lot, Thanks for all the QSO's.
KD8IGK
Bill
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Call: KD9MS Class: SOAB-6 LP Total Score = 142,380
Wanted to work more in the contest, but my son got strep throat and I had to get
medicine for him and then watch him most of the weekend. Bands were good, but
not as good as earlier in the week. Still with all the interruptions it was
fun!
73,
Craig KD9MS
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Call: KE8M Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 507,346
BARTGSRTTY Summary Sheet
Start Date : 2014-03-14
CallSign Used : KE8M
Operator(s) : KE8M
Operator Category : SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED
Band : ALL
Power : HIGH
Mode : RTTY
Default Exchange : 001
Gridsquare : EN81RQ
ARRL Section : OH
Club/Team : None
Software : N1MM Logger V14.1.1
Band QSOs Pts DXC Are Con
3.5 6 6 4 4 1
7 38 38 15 5 1
14 37 37 27 3 1
21 142 142 40 12 3
28 211 211 47 10 1
Total 434 434 133 34 7
Score : 507,346
Rig : Kenwood TS 2000 + Ameritron ALS-600 @ 250-350 watts
N1MM + MMVARI
Antennas : 10M - Hy Gain LJ 105CA @ 45 ft
15M - Hy Gain LJ 155CA @ 42 ft
20M - Dipole @ 40 ft
40M - full size ground plane @ 25 ft
40M - vertical quad loop fed horizontal 10 ft above ground NE-SW
80M - full size ground plane 120 radials
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Call: KN3A Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 107,892
Fun contest. Got some good learning experience using RTTY with the new rig. Sure
spoiled by the good 10 meter band conditions. I know the end will be sooner than
we know it.
73 Scott
N1MM Logger
Kenwood TS 590s
Inverted L/Inv V
100 watts
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Call: KV4QS Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 140,220
K3/N1MM/2Tone/MMTTY/Hex Beam/40 and 80m Delta Loops
I think between the band change restrictions and bad prints I'm going to have a
fairly high overall error rate in this one.
Fun contest with an interesting exchange.
Propagation on 10 through 80m wasn't that great all weekend. 40 and 80 where
very bad on Saturday night.
Thanks for the Qs!
73
KV4QS
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Call: KX7L Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 115,995
Things seemed kinda slow on Saturday, but were pretty busy by Sunday afternoon.
Nice to see 10 open to Europe from the NW - just wish there were more stations
to work.
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Call: LY10NATO Class: M/S LP Total Score = 486,072
Lithuania 10 years in NATO celebration special call 1-31 March 2014.
Free time operation. Not controled how much I can work, so over 30 hours must
be Multi OP.
QSL via LY5W.
73, Sam
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Call: N1JM/7 Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 7,216
K3 P3 14avq
No time. An hour or so here and there, off and on.
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Call: N2FF Class: SOSB/10 LP Total Score = 53,865
I started out on 10 meters Saturday morning and figured I might stay there until
the band died. We it just kept on going late into the afternoon.W When I went to
15 and then 20 I realized that I had a problem with the antenna switch. In
effect I had only a ten meter antenna. We had 60 MPH guts a few days ago and I
suspect that the gusts damaged the control cable except for the 10 meter one.
I managed to log some time watching college basketball when i ran out of
stations to work
Thanks to all those who copied my 100 watts into A 4 EL QUAD 35 feet..
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Call: N6RO Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 30,740
Couldn't get on until late Sunday afternoon, but had a good rate as "fresh
meat".
I would have done a couple more hours but for the 3 hour break rule. 30 minutes
is generally accepted in other contests. Suggest an SOE6 category for those of
us who like sprint durations, or otherwise can't put in full time.
I don't see the logic in the exchange:
599 - meaningless in computer sent messages
TIME - redundant, as Cabrillo format automatically lists time.
How about something meaningful, like NAME, STATE, SHOESIZE, etc...
The contesting announcement says something like:
".....if you don't like the rules, don't participate"
Probably won't next time....
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Call: N7NM Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,498,068
Strong conditions to EU till late afternoon on 15 - incredible.
2 ele Steppir at 20ft made a huge difference over my normal vertical
Thanks to all for working me,
73, Doug - N7NM
FT-1000mp / KW
43 ft vertical
2 ele Steppir
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Call: N7TEW Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 301,344
Casual Search Pounce from a little pistol station.
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Call: NA2M Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 454,080
RIG: Elecraft K3/KPA500 400W
ANT: Franklin (80)
160M Inverted "L" (40)
R5 Vertical (20-15-10)
Condx rather poor
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Call: NN6XX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 551,178
TS870-AL1200-C4E
PK232/DSP-WRITELOG-SIGNALINK-2TONE
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Call: NO2T Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 888,396
Thanks for all those who worked me. Can't wait till the weather warms up enough
to allow me to work on the antennas. Used an 80 meter dipole for 10 meters, and
a Hex beam at 15 feet height for 20 meters. Still enjoyed myself a lot.
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Call: NX8G/5 Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 420,180
Operated from my winter home in Franklinton, Louisiana.
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Call: PG6G Class: M/M HP Total Score = 2,163,840
We were actually in Multi/TWO and focus was on the higher bands.
Nice runs into JA and NA, the lower bands being a bit quite on RTTY.
73, Rob/PA3GVI (PG6G team)
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Call: S50P Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 200,790
That was my first remote RTTY contest.
Remote setup was working fine, but there are still improvements i can see.
Setup:
-TS480+Remoterig
-Arduino based antenna controler
-Microham USB3
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Call: SP4LVK/QRP Class: SOSB/15 QRP Total Score = 25,545
RIG:FT-950 PWR:5(QRP) ANT:2el Delta Loop
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Call: VA2UP Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 3,815,784
Wasn't feeling good at all friday but 2 things contests can do are open the
bands and make you feel better! Got some sleep friday night and saturday
morning interesting conditions on 10 and 15 kept me going. I was getting good
rates and I was finding all kinds of mults for a change. I thought to myself,
ok forget you're sick and get on with it here's a chance to the world record.
>From that moment on I knew I wouldn't rest until the goal was met. I tried to
manage time on as well as I could but propagation did most of the job. We have
such bad propagation here that when we get it we better capitalize on it. So
lucky me it seems like this could be a new record wow, unless John SKA
scratches off 1 million points after correction ha ha! Hope not!
Thanks all for the fun and Bartg for holding the contest.
Nope, no gripes from me this time ha ha!
73 Fabi va2up
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Call: VA7ST Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,020,978
* FT2000 + SB221
* N1MM Logger + MMTTY
* 3-element Steppir at 27'
* 40M -- 2-el. quad in trees and Steppir dipole at 27'
* 80M -- triangle of verticals
2014 -- SFI = 136 | A = 3 | K = 0
2013 -- SFI = 126 | A = 20 > 40 | K = 2 > 5
Officially put in 30 hours but more like 24 hours as I was a little too casual
and there were lots of one- or two-hour breaks along the way. Had a good time
-- high bands were very strong on Saturday and pretty good Sunday. The
exception was 20M which I mostly skipped on Saturday and found disappointing
when I did spend time on 20M on Sunday.
Left the yagi at 27 feet AGL as it was breezy at times over the weekend. That
can hurt me on the European path unless conditions are truly wide open at they
were on 15M(then it doesn't seem to matter quite as much). Missed any VK
activity if there was any -- sure could have used the mults.
Was also disappointed in 40M in the hours I was on as Europe wasn't pounding in
as it has lately, and there was no grand opening to JA other than some sporadic
activity for a few mults before daybreak on Sunday.
First time breaking through 1M in this contest. I see VE7SZ and VA7KO had
really great weekends -- good going guys!
Thanks to BARTG for the contest, and to all for the contacts.
-- Bud VA7ST
Year-over-year comparison:
QSOs DX Areas Conts Points
2014 777 125 94 6 1,020,978 HP 24 hrs
2013 303 31 58 6 161,268 HP 21 hrs
2012 518 48 74 5 315,980 HP 24 hrs
2011 773 90 73 6 755,994 HP 24 hrs
2010 637 84 70 6 588,588 HP
2009 352 37 46 6 177,408 HP
2008 705 63 57 6 501,840 HP
2007 432 55 47 6 264,384 HP
2006 328 26 49 6 147,600 LP
2004 293 46 67 5 164,980 LP
2003 155 26 36 5 50,375 LP
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Call: VE4VT Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 75,888
Just too busy to participate this year. Unfortunately conditions seemed
reasonable considering the last two years have been plagued by horrible band
conditions. Hopefully next year.
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Call: W0LSD Class: SOAB-6 HP Total Score = 174,000
Conditions seemed OK, but not great. I haven't operated this contest for several
years, did it seem like participation was down? Had to maximize 6 hours and
chose 10,15 and 20. Cannot believe I missed Oceania for 6th continent. First
time ever doing the 6 hour with one radio since there was a 5 minute band rule.
Not sure I managed the time and band selection properly. With SO2R you don't
worry as much about time management as you are usually on 2 bands all the time.
Thanks to all for the Qs. Now it is time to tear down and reconfigure/network
the station with WIN 7 computers.
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Call: W0RAA Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 152,190
Yaesu FT-950 (100W)
Writelog
Cushcraft A3S @34'
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Call: W3FIZ Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,834,728
Hope everyone had as much fun as I did. Bands were in good shape. Sunday I
thought was better than Saturday. Anyway see ya all next year 73's and good DX
Pat W3FiZ
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Call: W3MF Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 818,400
Thanks to the sponsors for this wonderful contest.
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Call: W3RTY Class: SOSB/20 HP Total Score = 58,565
20 mtrs somewhat dead Sat into Sun. Shuda been on 10 or 15 I guess.
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Call: W4DXX Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 744,660
Just part time fun.
Heavy Rain & Lightning on Sunday. Diddled right through it.
10 & 15 were ok. Enjoyed a few long path Q's and HS0ZLU at noon on 10m.
Tnx for the RTTY Q's.
73.
Eric / W4DXX
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Call: W4IOU Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 74,675
Another casual effort...an enjoyable way to relax after a tough week at work!
Equipment is a Kenwood TS-570DG running 100 watts to a GAP Titan vertical on
10/15/20 m and dipoles at 35 ft on 40/80 m. I started RTTY contesting in
January 2013 and I am having a fun time.
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Call: W4PK Class: SOAB-6 HP Total Score = 242,352
I had a lot of commitments this weekend so I elected to do SOAB-6. The 5-minute
rule prohibited me from using SO2R, but to tell the truth I didn't really miss
it.
Conditions were super on both 10 and 15 Saturday morning with lots of long-path
to Asia much earlier in the day than one would expect.
I spent almost 4 hours on Saturday morning and the remaining 2 hours late in
the day on Sunday. But conditions on Sunday was just so-so on 15 & 20 and
poor on 40.
I had just installed version 3.0 firmware for my IC7800. This allows me to
actually automatically reset my RIT to zero after logging an
"off-frequency" caller! Before, I would often forget to manually
reset it to zero after logging a station while I was running. N1MM also reads
the RIT setting of the radio and displays it at the top of the band-map. My
other radio is a K3 and of course it already has this feature.
73, Sam W4PK
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Call: W4SDJ Class: SOAB-6 HP Total Score = 59,040
Enjoyed the contest SOAB6 on Saturday afternoon Eastern Daylight Time.
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Call: W5EW Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 482,304
Thanks for the contacts.
73,
Ray W5EW
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Call: W6SFK Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 22,896
Ran a couple hours to start then busy rest of weekend.
FTdx5000
VL1000
DB42
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Call: W6SX Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 354,720
K3, ACOM 2000A, wire antenna at 46 feet with Matchboxes, MMTTY and 2-Tone, N1MM.
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Call: W7RTX Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 66,990
First contest from new location in Arizona DM33qu.
ICOM7600 G5RV operated 19 hours 40 mins.
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Call: W7ZF Class: M/S HP Total Score = 859,140
AL7L flew in from Juneau, AK and K7AYZ trained it up from Vancouver, WA to staff
the multi-operator single-transmitter effort. Good time was had by all, despite
spotty propagation. Highlight was working ZS on 40 meters Saturday night.
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Call: WA8HSB Class: SOAB QRP Total Score = 15,400
Thanks for the Qs... 73, John
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Call: WA8RPK Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 167,736
ok I usually don't fill this out, but going to try. going old , but not as old
as some, but the health problems are getting to me at times, canork as long on
the bands as I used to do,being on dialysis three days a week for life makes me
run dn now days, so I do the best I can, hpe all did ok and had a good score.
best to all and tnx to all who gave me a call
tnx 73 Tom wa8rpk agn 73
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Call: WB2RHM/4 Class: SOAB HP Total Score = 1,066,896
SO1R! Thank you, BARTG, for having a fun contest each year.
Despite freezing rain, my fiber-glass tubing encased SteppIR at 32', over top
of my roof, worked fine right through the 2+ inches of precipitation we had in
Charlotte, NC during the contest time period.
During the 29.5 hours that I either called them or they called me, I worked:
4L,4X,5B,8P,9M6,A9,CE,CM,CT,CU,CX,DL,DU,E7,EA,EA8,
EI,F,FG,G,GI,GM,GU,GW,HA,HS,HZ,I,J3,JA,K,KH6,KL,KP4,
LA,LU,LX,LY(LM),LZ,OD,OE,OH,OH0,OK,OM,ON,OZ,PA,PY,S5,SM,
SP,SV,TA,TF,UA,UA9,UN,UR,VE,VK,XE,YB(YE),YL,YO,YU,YV,ZL,and ZS. Of that
total, I worked 35 JAs in a row, during the 2300Z to 0030Z time, when I
finished my best BARTG effort.
Thanks again BARTG, and all the world-wide operators who took time to
call/answer my calls. And especially thank you to all the Ukraine stations, who
risked a lot to send out their free signals to the world during their time of
troubles (I wish them all well, and safety.). 73, Ben - WB2RHM
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Call: WN6K Class: SOAB LP Total Score = 1,024,194
One of the things I keep my eye constantly on in this contest is the mult sheet
- particularly the Call Areas Section. Those are the 'easy' ones and really do
pay big dividends towards the end. DX was fair on Saturday but really poor on
Sunday.
The activity slows down a lot I think on Sunday mainly because of the
format/class choices in that they offer 6hour classes (3 of them) so that
regionally I guess you can focus just on open times a band in your area. So for
those that choose to go Full Monty, slugging it out for the full 30 hours, it
really becomes a job on the second day.
I could see 1M points just over the horizon on late Sunday but there were times
when changing bands etc. just could not produce any action. (Primarily a CQer at
that point as a band sweep would result in no new stations that I had not
already worked. I was hoping to do a 1K plus QSO total but that requires a
rate that just wasn't there here.
Of the 40 JA mults (40m-10m) I only missed 6 & of the 50 USA mults
(80m-10m) I missed 5. 80m was very noisy and thus not too pleasant to dwell
on.
The DXCCs count was 52 with most of the activity coming from EU/JA outside of
the USA. One of the Call Area Mult counters is from VK and I heard not ONE of
them - this is like the 3rd year in a row - perhaps BARTG should think about
replacing them with someone else - ZL perhaps?
Lost only a couple of 'usable' hours with a Granddaughter's T-Ball
"game" attendance but the sunshine and laughter were good for the
soul.
WN6K, Paul
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Call: WU6W/7 Class: SOAB-6 HP Total Score = 41,625
Antennas;
Wire in trees
YP-3 Portable beam at 8 feet
Fun and Conditions seemed not bad considering antenna challenge.
Index of Calls
Call: 8P2K Class: SOAB LP
Call: AA4YL Class: M/S HP
Call: AA5AU Class: SOSB/10 HP
Call: AA8R Class: SOAB HP
Call: AB1J Class: SOAB LP
Call: AB1QB Class: SO Expert HP
Call: AC2FA Class: SOAB LP
Call: AD5XD Class: SO Expert LP
Call: AE4Y Class: SOAB LP
Call: AE7DW Class: SOAB LP
Call: AF6GA Class: SOAB LP
Call: AL1G Class: SOAB-6 LP
Call: CE4SFG Class: SOAB LP
Call: DF2SD Class: SOAB LP
Call: DL1ZBO Class: SOAB LP
Call: EA8OMN Class: SO Expert LP
Call: F1IWH Class: SOAB LP
Call: F5RD Class: SOAB LP
Call: G2F Class: SO Expert HP
Call: GM0FGI Class: SO Expert HP
Call: GU0SUP Class: SOAB LP
Call: IW1QN Class: M/S HP
Call: K0KX Class: SOAB HP
Call: K1SM Class: SOAB HP
Call: K2NV Class: SOAB-6 HP
Call: K2QB Class: SOAB LP
Call: K2SI Class: SOAB LP
Call: K3MD Class: SOAB HP
Call: K4GMH Class: SO Expert HP
Call: K4HAL Class: SOAB HP
Call: K6DGW Class: SOAB-6 HP
Call: K8GT Class: SOAB LP
Call: K9NR Class: SO Expert LP
Call: KA2KON/1 Class: SOAB-6 HP
Call: KA9MOM Class: SOAB LP
Call: KB3LIX Class: SOAB LP
Call: KC2WUF Class: SOAB LP
Call: KD0FW Class: SOAB HP
Call: KD8IGK Class: SOAB LP
Call: KD9MS Class: SOAB-6 LP
Call: KE8M Class: SOAB HP
Call: KH6ZM Class: SO Expert HP
Call: KN3A Class: SOAB LP
Call: KV4QS Class: SOAB LP
Call: KX7L Class: SOAB LP
Call: LU1BJW Class: SOSB/10 HP
Call: LY10NATO Class: M/S LP
Call: LY2SA Class: SOSB/80 HP
Call: LY6A Class: SO Expert HP
Call: N1IXF Class: SOAB LP
Call: N1JM/7 Class: SOAB LP
Call: N2BJ/9 Class: M/S HP
Call: N2FF Class: SOSB/10 LP
Call: N2NF Class: SOAB LP
Call: N2NS/6 Class: SOSB/15 HP
Call: N4QX Class: SOAB-6 QRP
Call: N6RO Class: SO Expert HP
Call: N7NM Class: SOAB HP
Call: N7TEW Class: SOAB LP
Call: N8FYL Class: SOAB-6 LP
Call: NA2M Class: SOAB HP
Call: NA2U Class: SOSB/15 HP
Call: NG6S Class: SOSB/15 HP
Call: NN6XX Class: SOAB HP
Call: NO2T Class: SO Expert HP
Call: NT4TS Class: SOAB HP
Call: NX8G/5 Class: SOAB LP
Call: OH8A Class: SOAB-6 HP
Call: PG6G Class: M/M HP
Call: S50P Class: SOAB LP
Call: S51MA Class: SOSB/10 HP
Call: SP4LVK/QRP Class: SOSB/15 QRP
Call: TF3PPN Class: SOAB LP
Call: VA2UP Class: SO Expert HP
Call: VA7KO Class: SOAB HP
Call: VA7ST Class: SOAB HP
Call: VE2NMB Class: SOAB HP
Call: VE3AJ Class: SOAB LP
Call: VE3VSM Class: SOAB LP
Call: VE3XAT Class: SOAB LP
Call: VE4VT Class: SO Expert HP
Call: VE7BC Class: SOAB LP
Call: VE7CYU Class: SOAB LP
Call: VE7IO Class: M/M HP
Call: VE7SZ Class: SOAB HP
Call: W0LSD Class: SOAB-6 HP
Call: W0RAA Class: SOAB LP
Call: W2DXE Class: SOAB LP
Call: W2YC Class: SOAB HP
Call: W3BUI Class: SOAB LP
Call: W3FIZ Class: SOAB HP
Call: W3FV Class: SO Expert HP
Call: W3MF Class: SOAB HP
Call: W3RTY Class: SOSB/20 HP
Call: W4DXX Class: SO Expert HP
Call: W4GKM Class: SOAB-6 HP
Call: W4IOU Class: SOAB LP
Call: W4PK Class: SOAB-6 HP
Call: W4SDJ Class: SOAB-6 HP
Call: W4UK Class: SOAB HP
Call: W5EW Class: SOAB LP
Call: W5JBO Class: SOAB HP
Call: W6SFK Class: SOAB HP
Call: W6SX Class: SOAB HP
Call: W7RTX Class: SOAB LP
Call: W7WW Class: SOSB/15 HP
Call: W7ZF Class: M/S HP
Call: W9ILY Class: SO Expert HP
Call: WA1DRQ Class: SOAB HP
Call: WA8HSB Class: SOAB QRP
Call: WA8RPK Class: SOAB HP
Call: WB2RHM/4 Class: SOAB HP
Call: WN6K Class: SOAB LP
Call: WT9U Class: SOAB HP
Call: WU6W/7 Class: SOAB-6 HP
Call: WU9D Class: SOAB LP
Index of Calls organized by Class
Class: M/M HP
Call: PG6G
Call: VE7IO
Class: M/S HP
Call: AA4YL
Call: IW1QN
Call: N2BJ/9
Call: W7ZF
Class: M/S LP
Call: LY10NATO
Class: SO Expert HP
Call: AB1QB
Call: G2F
Call: GM0FGI
Call: K4GMH
Call: KH6ZM
Call: LY6A
Call: N6RO
Call: NO2T
Call: VA2UP
Call: VE4VT
Call: W3FV
Call: W4DXX
Call: W9ILY
Class: SO Expert LP
Call: AD5XD
Call: EA8OMN
Call: K9NR
Class: SOAB HP
Call: AA8R
Call: K0KX
Call: K1SM
Call: K3MD
Call: K4HAL
Call: KD0FW
Call: KE8M
Call: N7NM
Call: NA2M
Call: NN6XX
Call: NT4TS
Call: VA7KO
Call: VA7ST
Call: VE2NMB
Call: VE7SZ
Call: W2YC
Call: W3FIZ
Call: W3MF
Call: W4UK
Call: W5JBO
Call: W6SFK
Call: W6SX
Call: WA1DRQ
Call: WA8RPK
Call: WB2RHM/4
Call: WT9U
Class: SOAB LP
Call: 8P2K
Call: AB1J
Call: AC2FA
Call: AE4Y
Call: AE7DW
Call: AF6GA
Call: CE4SFG
Call: DF2SD
Call: DL1ZBO
Call: F1IWH
Call: F5RD
Call: GU0SUP
Call: K2QB
Call: K2SI
Call: K8GT
Call: KA9MOM
Call: KB3LIX
Call: KC2WUF
Call: KD8IGK
Call: KN3A
Call: KV4QS
Call: KX7L
Call: N1IXF
Call: N1JM/7
Call: N2NF
Call: N7TEW
Call: NX8G/5
Call: S50P
Call: TF3PPN
Call: VE3AJ
Call: VE3VSM
Call: VE3XAT
Call: VE7BC
Call: VE7CYU
Call: W0RAA
Call: W2DXE
Call: W3BUI
Call: W4IOU
Call: W5EW
Call: W7RTX
Call: WN6K
Call: WU9D
Class: SOAB QRP
Call: WA8HSB
Class: SOAB-6 HP
Call: K2NV
Call: K6DGW
Call: KA2KON/1
Call: OH8A
Call: W0LSD
Call: W4GKM
Call: W4PK
Call: W4SDJ
Call: WU6W/7
Class: SOAB-6 LP
Call: AL1G
Call: KD9MS
Call: N8FYL
Class: SOAB-6 QRP
Call: N4QX
Class: SOSB/10 HP
Call: AA5AU
Call: LU1BJW
Call: S51MA
Class: SOSB/10 LP
Call: N2FF
Class: SOSB/15 HP
Call: N2NS/6
Call: NA2U
Call: NG6S
Call: W7WW
Class: SOSB/15 QRP
Call: SP4LVK/QRP
Class: SOSB/20 HP
Call: W3RTY
Class: SOSB/80 HP
Call: LY2SA
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