Well, this certainly has been an interesting weekend, to say the least.
This was my first attempt to use Writelog after many years of using WF1B
RTTY. I spent several days last week trying to learn the new software,
and getting everything configured. Many thanks to Don and Scott for
their excellent web sites to ease my learning curve.
One hour before the contest started, we received a phone call from a
very good friend that she was taking her husband to the emergency room
at the hospital. Scratch the contest, we went to the hospital. Was
almost 0000Z before we got back to the house to learn via this reflector
that a major solar flare had wiped out the HF bands and I probably had
not missed that much.
In all my setup work on Writelog the previous week, I had never used it
to contact anyone, and yep, my fsk was inverted. Thanks very much to
Leland, W6YX, my first contact, who worked patiently with me to get
things straightened out. Then it was off to the races, lousy propagation
and all. I love this program!! This is absolutely wonderful!
Not the best score I've ever done. I was so worn out from the emotions
at the hospital that I literally fell asleep over the keyboard with 1
hour to go in the contest. But it was a blast, and I thank all those who
gave me Q's.
Here are the results:
2002 North American QSO Party
CALL USED: AE5P MODE: RTTY ARRL SECTION or COUNTRY: NTX
Valid QSOs multipliers
_X_ Single operator
80 31 19
____ Multi operator 40 65 36
20 44 21
15 2 2
10 0 0
TOTAL 142 78
142 QSOs * x 78 Multipliers = 11,076 Claimed Score
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YES__X_____ TEAM COMPETITION TEAM NAME PORCH DOGS
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Rig: ICOM IC-756
Antennas: Mosley PRO67-C3 at 90 feet (40-10)
Sloper at 90 feet (80)
Ps: I am so impressed with Writelog, that I am looking forward to giving
it a try in some CW and SSB contests as well. This is really slick
stuff!
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