NA Sprint RTTY Contest - March
Call: KB4KBS
Operator(s): KB4KBS
Station: KB4KBS
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Roswell, GA
Operating Time (hrs): 2:45
Summary:
Band QSOs Op Time
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80: 16 15 min
40: 13 1 hour
20: 7 45 min
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Total: 36 Mults = 19 Total Score = 684
Club: South East Contest Club
Team:
Comments:
I puttered around the radio most of the day in anticipation of this contest... I
knew that I had to go to dinner with the extended family to celebrate my
father-in-law's 82nd birthday, and that I'd be late getting started.
Everything was all set when we left and so when I got back at 01:15z, I was on
it very quickly. I real enjoy RTTY, but I struggle with the SPRINT format, so
I hoped to leverage the one against the other. I stll am not totally clear on
when you can stay on a frequency... I answer a CQ, I call CQ, then I move...
but sometimes I would see the same call hanging around and "going to the end of
the line". I guess I need to bone up on the subtle points of the rules.
I used N1MM and the dual VFOs of my Kenwood TS-450SAT to pick places at the
opposite ends of the RTTY sub-section of each band and bounced from VFO A to
VFO B, trying to keep the required spacing from my previous QSO.
Still lots to learn!
Thanks to all who gave me a contact,
73,
Scott - KB4KBS
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Scott Straw, KB4KBS
Roswell, Georgia USA
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