Thanks Ken. I have to say that operating W4AAW is just as fun as I thought
it was going to be when Mike asked me to join the team back in January.
However, I must say that operating remotely is certainly not as easy as some
might think. It's actually kind of difficult to take in but once you
understand fully what is required (and you have your handy W4AAW Bible by
your side), it does get easier. Luckily most of us on the team are
experienced RTTY contesters.
I think you are seeing it getting easier for the team as this is the 3rd or
4th contest we've done this and the station performed very well despite
having to restart N1MM+ a couple times. (This is not a big knock on N1MM+
because we probably do stuff at W4AAW that nobody else in the world does. So
it's remarkable the software works as well as it does.) Our score reflects
the experience the team has gained and the masterful job Mike has done with
the station. Mike has built an excellent station and all of us on the team
appreciate his efforts. Without all the hard work he does, the rest of us
would not be able to have the fun we do.
I took the overnight shifts both nights because I was late signing up (I was
contemplating defending my 2-years in a row SOLP NA titles operating as
AA5AU). And while CQing alternately on 2 of the 3 operating positions (I use
two separate computers VPN'd into Mike's network to do this), Saturday night
on 40 an 80 meters after 0800Z with nearly no takers, I looked at the
numbers and began to calculate what our final score might be. Had conditions
stayed the dismal same on Sunday as they were on Saturday, I felt we could
get close to the North American multi-op record. But when I saw the A index
drop to 11 and the K go to 1, I knew it was a real possibility.
At that time I sent email to the W4AAW reflector asking for team members to
make sure all the positions were manned once the sun came up on Sunday so
that we could try for the record. We keep an interactive schedule on
remotecontesting.com where people can sign up for 2 hours shifts and some of
the slots were empty. The team jumped into action Sunday and with better
conditions, filled all the slots and kicked it up a notch. It worked! What a
great team effort.
I'm certainly glad I didn't I didn't attempt a single op low power effort
with my puny antennas from home. I certainly would not have had as much fun
and I definitely would not have broken any records. Hopefully the record
will stand. The team has come a long way and deserves it.
73, Don AA5AU
From: Kermit (aka Ken) via RTTY <rtty@contesting.com>
To: w4aaw@aol.com; rtty@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] [3830] JARTS W4AAW MOMT HP
Nice job, guys. It's fun to follow your adventures. I'm completely in
favor of remote operations. The last time I checked the calendar it was
2016. Ham radio is still a lot of fun in the 21st century, although way
different from when I started in 1958.
Push that envelope.
73,
Ken, AB1J
In a message dated 2016-10-17 1:34:09 A.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,
webform@b4h.net writes:
JARTS WW RTTY Contest
Call: W4AAW
Operator(s): MM0LID AA5AU W4AAW N1MGO K4XD WS7I W6IHG ND3D W4TMO
Station: W4AAW
Class: MOMT HP
QTH: VA-USA
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Remote Operation
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
80: 127 27
40: 456 71
20: 903 99
15: 428 87
10: 65 28
-------------------
Total: 1979 312 Total Score = 1,580,904
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
What a roller-coaster of a contest! Worse than horrid conditions much of
the
time. Then, bands would open, sometimes brilliantly, and produce
tremendous
results.
Only W4AAW operated from the shack. Of the 1,979 contacts made, 1,523 of
them
were made by remote operators in the following locations:
MM0LID Scotland
WS7I Washington State
AA5AU Louisiana
ND3D Maryland
W6IHG Virginia
N1MGO Massachusetts
K4XD North Carolina
W4TMO North Carolina
The Internet connection was solid for the whole 48 hours.
Don-AA5AU operated several hours as SO2R from Louisiana.
Hats off for Scott-MM0LID who made a whopping 678 QSOs by himself, which
is 34%
of the total Qs. Pretty astounding!
The record for MOMT operation in JARTS from North America was set by NK7U
with
1,295,604 with 1,638 Qs. We achieved the claimed score and QSO totals
shown in
the boxes above and hope we may have set a new record score in this
category.
The whole team wishes to thank all those we contacted for their patience.
Copy
at both ends was, at times, extremely difficult.
Thanks to the contest sponsors for this wonderful mainstay in RadioSport.
We look forward to working you in all the major RTTY, SSB and CW contests.
TeamW4AAW
see www.remotecontesting.com
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From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kermit (aka
Ken) via RTTY
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 8:42 AM
To: w4aaw@aol.com; rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] [3830] JARTS W4AAW MOMT HP
Nice job, guys. It's fun to follow your adventures. I'm completely in
favor of remote operations. The last time I checked the calendar it was
2016. Ham radio is still a lot of fun in the 21st century, although way
different from when I started in 1958.
Push that envelope.
73,
Ken, AB1J
In a message dated 2016-10-17 1:34:09 A.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,
webform@b4h.net writes:
JARTS WW RTTY Contest
Call: W4AAW
Operator(s): MM0LID AA5AU W4AAW N1MGO K4XD WS7I W6IHG ND3D W4TMO
Station: W4AAW
Class: MOMT HP
QTH: VA-USA
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Remote Operation
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
80: 127 27
40: 456 71
20: 903 99
15: 428 87
10: 65 28
-------------------
Total: 1979 312 Total Score = 1,580,904
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
What a roller-coaster of a contest! Worse than horrid conditions much of
the time. Then, bands would open, sometimes brilliantly, and produce
tremendous results.
Only W4AAW operated from the shack. Of the 1,979 contacts made, 1,523 of
them were made by remote operators in the following locations:
MM0LID Scotland
WS7I Washington State
AA5AU Louisiana
ND3D Maryland
W6IHG Virginia
N1MGO Massachusetts
K4XD North Carolina
W4TMO North Carolina
The Internet connection was solid for the whole 48 hours.
Don-AA5AU operated several hours as SO2R from Louisiana.
Hats off for Scott-MM0LID who made a whopping 678 QSOs by himself, which is
34% of the total Qs. Pretty astounding!
The record for MOMT operation in JARTS from North America was set by NK7U
with
1,295,604 with 1,638 Qs. We achieved the claimed score and QSO totals
shown in the boxes above and hope we may have set a new record score in
this category.
The whole team wishes to thank all those we contacted for their patience.
Copy
at both ends was, at times, extremely difficult.
Thanks to the contest sponsors for this wonderful mainstay in RadioSport.
We look forward to working you in all the major RTTY, SSB and CW contests.
TeamW4AAW
see www.remotecontesting.com
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
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