>From here in So Cal it looked like the Northeast had seceded from the Union.
Worked one station in Maine (a rebel rebel?), otherwise zip from 1 & 2-land.
My apologies to the W4 to whom I said "there is something wrong with your
signal". Never heard auroral flutter on someone that far south before. The
scope pattern didn't even look like ellipses, just a big scramble.
Contest Within a Contest: Had a HAL DXP-38 running on a second computer
with the same audio feed as RITTY by K6STI on the main computer. Result:
RITTY wins hands down. The DXP-38 is no slouch (see review in April 2000
QST) but RITTY is clearly better, at least in these conditions.
My lone contact on 10 was with a South American - the band was open pretty
good, just nobody home.
Favorite name: TRTTYSAURUS
Gruesome details:
2000 RTTY NA QSO Party
Call used: W7TI
Location: CA (30 miles N of Palm Springs)
Entry Class: Single Op, All Band
Band QSOs Pts QTH DX
80 0 0 0 0
40 38 38 18 0
20 85 85 31 1
15 5 5 5 0
10 1 1 0 0
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Total 129 129 54 1
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Claimed Score: 7095
Software: RTTY by WF1B v4.5c + RITTY by K6STI ver 4.05b
Power Output: 100
TX/RX: TS-870S
Ant: Cloud Warmer Special: Inverted vee @ 30 ft on all bands
TNCs: HAL DXP-38 (RX only)
KAM (scope only)
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