ARRL RTTY Roundup
Call: W0MA
Operator(s): AB0RX, K0BX
Station: W0MA
Class: M/S HP
QTH: MO
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 301
40: 339
20: 517
15: 184
10: 6
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Total: 1347 State/Prov = 55 Countries = 65 Total
Score = 157,599
Club:
Comments:
ABØRX and KØBX teamed up to operate as WØMA again this
year. This was our third round up working together.
Activity level in the contest was even better than
last year. We logged 1347 QSOs (27% more than last
year) with 117 multipliers for a claimed score of
157,599
At the starting gun, we began calling CQ on 20 meters
and logged 183 QSOs and 68 multipliers in the first
three hours. We had not worked many states at this
point, we had a good opening to Europe and many of the
multipliers were DX. When 20 meters rates slowed
down, we tried 15 meters, but the band was not in good
shape so we went to 40 meters which was wall to wall
RTTY from 7.025 to 7.100. We had good runs on 40
with many strong European stations in there. We
called CQ on 3586 MHz continuously for 3 hours, 45
minutes, only giving up the frequency at 1:00 am to
begin our predetermined rest period.
We began again at 7:00 Sunday morning on 20 meters.
The band was very busy and it took a few minutes to
find a good place to call CQ. We had good runs on 20
meters and later on 15 meters. We ended the last two
hours on 40 meters. The final hour was the busiest
when we logged 103 QSOs/hr.
We missed DE and DC for stateside multipliers and NF,
PEI, LB, NWT, YT, and NU for VE multipliers. (Yes, VE4
was active, we worked two).
Activity as expected was poor on 10 meters. We went
there three or 4 times Sunday afternoon and only
managed 6 QSOs. Best DX on 15 Meters was FO5PS who
answered our CQ. Best DX on 20 meters was VR2BG. The
level of DX activity in this year?s roundup was
outstanding. Over 23% of our log came from stations
outside of North America.
QSO Breakdown by Band
10 Meters 6
15 Meters 184
20 Meters 517
40 Meters 339
80 Meters 301
Total 1347
So many stations, so little time!
73, DE ABØRX
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