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
I am planning on putting in about 8-10 hours for this contest.
If anyone is registering a club team, I would be interested in participating. Will be on from my QTH in MA.
Norm W1BYH
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
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
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
Sorry you are feeling poorly, Dave. I went through the same thing a couple weeks ago. You will get better!
73, Ken K3IU
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 36,234RADIO 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.
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 : 16,683Worked 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