RTTY NAQP this weekend

CTRI Contest Group;

     This  coming weekend is a great opportunity to get some more RTTY practice using N1MM.  This contest is 12 hours only, and is limited to 100 Watts.  This means every one is “high power” and sleep will not be a problem.  I suggest you give it a try.  The CQ WW 160 SSB is the same weekend, but since the noise has been an issue with this warm winter, maybe the NAQP RTTY would be more fun and less pain!

    GL and 73, Mike, K1DM

10 comments on “RTTY NAQP this weekend

  1. If anyone is registering a club team, I would be interested in participating. Will be on from my QTH in MA.

    Norm W1BYH

  2. I also plan on putting in 10 hours. We’re close to having enough for a team. I know there’s no lower limit, but a “team” of 2 or 3 doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.

    Pat, NG1G

  3. I’ll put in a part time effort today. I’m battling a case of the flu so I can’t commit to a full time effort. I tried to do some of the 160 contest last night but the flu got the better of me.

    On a team or not, my score will go to CTRI.

    Dave
    W1CTN

  4. Sorry you’re not feeling well, Dave. I hope you get better soon.

    Is there anyone else who is going to operate in the contest? If we can get one or two more we’d have a respectable-sized team. You don’t have to operate full-time to be on a team.

    73,
    Pat, NG1G

  5. Sorry you are feeling poorly, Dave. I went through the same thing a couple weeks ago. You will get better!
    73, Ken K3IU

  6. Here is the tally at NG1G. I was able to hold a freq on both 40M and 80M for quite some time, which explains my somewhat decent score (for my station, anyway). It was my next-highest score after last February’s (40,992), in which I had 366 Qs but only 112 mults.

    I worked a lot of call signs I didn’t recognize, but whether they were a result of upgrades, vanity calls, etc, I don’t know. I hope it represents a surge in RTTY’s popularity, but I also hope many of them continue to work on their skills. I found it frustrating to have to work so hard for QSOs when conditions were pretty good. Only worked worked W1BYH and K1FUG in the club.

    This was my first serious attempt at using N1MM Logger at home. I used the “experimental” version to take full advantage of the LOGTHENPOP tool, and I must say it worked well. I had some issues with getting data into the appropriate fields, but I’m not sure if that was operator error or what. I like how simple the process is when using ESM – left click, right click. Left click, left click, right click. On to the next Q.

    73,
    Pat, NG1G

             Band    QSOs    Pts  Sec
             3.5      72      72   33    
               7      97      97   37    
              14      54      54   24    
              21      72      72   23    
              28       2      2    1     
           Total     297     297  118    36,234
    
  7. RADIO ANSONIA REPORT:
    NAQPRTTY Score Summary Sheet

    Start Date : 2012-02-25

    CallSign Used : W1CTN
    Operator(s) : W1CTN

    Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
    Band : ALL
    Power : LOW
    Mode : RTTY
    Default Exchange : DAVE CT
    Gridsquare : FN31ST

    Name : DAVE ARRUZZA
    Address : 32 BENZ STREET
    City/State/Zip : ANSONIA CT 06401
    Country : USA

    ARRL Section : CT
    Club/Team : CTRI CONTEST GROUP
    Software : N1MM Logger V11.10.3

    Band QSOs Pts Sec
    3.5 51 51 26 0
    7 66 66 34 2
    14 48 48 24 0
    21 56 56 22 1
    28 28 28 11 0
    Total 249 249 117 3

    Score : 29,880
    Rig : FT2000 80 WATTS

    Antennas : T10 LOG PERIODIC 20-10
    ROTARY DIPOLE 40
    INVERTED L 80 METERS

    Soapbox : CHAIR TIME 5.23 HRS 30%/70% RUN/S&P. JUST LACK OF ENERGY DUE TO BAD COLD.
    I CAN’T WAIT TO RETIRE SO I CAN PLAY RADIO THEN RELAX.

  8. I was only able to put in about 3.6 hours. Started on 15 working up the band from the bottom to the top and then found a clear spot and began runnin’ ‘n gunnin’ which held up for about an hour when I had to take a break. I bounced around the bands. Only 2 DX QSOs.

    Didn’t hear any club members. Here are my results…

            Band     QSOs    Pts  Sec
               7      27      27   14    0
              14      72      72   33    1
              21      83      83   22    1
              28      19      19   12    0
           Total     201     201   81    2
    
                Score : 16,683
    
  9. Worked a full 10 hours, Single-op All Band. Conditions not great and mostly S&P.
    80 94Q 37M
    40 118Q 43M
    20 91Q 39M
    15 117Q 32M
    10 17Q 11M
    TOTAL: 437Q 162M FOR 70,794

    STATION: ICOM 756 PRO3 VERTIZONTAL TRI-BANDER AT 45 FT AND DIPOLES

    NORM W1BYH

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