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2013 CQ WPX RTTY at NP3U

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I originally posted this in late 2011 and thought it would be good to repost it to let everyone know what we are going after down there next month. I just rechecked and the records below are still standing.
73, Ken K3IU

Looking Towards New World Record for CQ WPX RTTY

There has been recent discussions about a crew from CTRI heading to Puerto Rico in February 2013 to make a run for the World Record in the WPX RTTY contest. This should be near the peak of the sunspot cycle and will be a great opportunity run up a BIG score at Carlos’ station.

I just did a little research to identify exactly what the records are at the present time. This posting is to put that information in plain view. You should particularly note that the North American record and the United States record are held by pretty familiar callsigns….

Category              Record Holder      Year            Score           WPX

WORLD - Multi-2       EA8AH              2007            17,001,420      895
North America - M2    NP3U               2008            14,053,680      894
United States - M2    NG1G (W1AN)        2011             7,862,238      873

A crew from CTRI also went south to NP3U in Februray 2009 for this contest. However, the gods weren’t with us on this trip. Equipment problems and antenna problems caused us to be Multi-Single for about 25% of the contest time. The score from that effort for NP3U (9.895,184) was still enough to win First Place Honors, Multi-2, in both the World and North America.

 

5 comments on “2013 CQ WPX RTTY at NP3U”

  1. Ken, your post inadvertently minimizes the ‘pretty familiar callsigns’ achievements. One, or at least ‘this one’, has to read the last paragraph a couple of times to comprehend that the club should have two more lines in the table above, including a world win.

  2. I’m not sure exactly what you mean, Ed. However, it was my intent to show the current RECORD HOLDERS, not just winners.

  3. Thanks, Ken! Your post makes it very plain that if our NP3U team establishes a new world record then CTRI will hold the records for the M2 category in the world, NA, and USA. Pretty impressive. All that is left to do is to do it. Seems simple enough.

    It’s interesting to note that in 2008 only 151 QSOs and 1 prefix separated us from the record set by EA8AH in 2007. In a M2 situation, that might have been as little as 20-30 minutes’ operating time. Every second counts.

    As a reminder, it was my stated goal when I first mentioned this idea at Boxboro in 2010 that we should create a new record with enough “breathing room” to allow it to stand through the remainder of this sunspot cycle. A score of 20-25 million has been tossed about, but given conditions I would imagine 18-20 million should do it. However, given that there must be some upper limit to the score, perhaps 25 million, if achievable, might never be broken. You gotta have a goal.

    I would think 1,100 WPX and 4,600 Qs should about do it, so long as the six-point Qs are capitalized upon.

    73,
    Pat, NG1G

  5. Very impressive to see how CTRI CG mbrs hold the top **5 scores ever** for the North America M/2 category in CQWW WPX RTTY, all accomplished in the recent past going back to just 2007. Expecting good things next month…best of luck to the team in achieving their goals! Bill W1WBB

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