2018 WAE DX Contest, RTTY Call: W1DX Operator(s): N6ERD K1DM W1AN Station: W1AN Class: M/S HP QTH: CT Operating Time (hrs): 24 Summary: Band QSOs Pts QTCs Mults ------------------------------- 80: 89 89 10 108 40: 259 259 190 171 20: 468 468 150 154 15: 46 46 50 66 10: ------------------------------- Total: 862 862 400 499 Total Score = 629,738 Club: CT RI Contest Group
This was the first time for all three of us operating in the WAE RTTY. The contest is very much like the 48 hour CQ WW RTTY where you work everybody. So QSOs are almost unlimited. Difference is in the scoring and what is considered a multiplier. Countries have multipliers as well as adding a new one for each district such as W2, W3, etc. Also is the addition to the QSO count for each exchange of a QTC which is basically an exchange of info of a max of 10 prior QSOs to an eligible operator on another continent. N1MM makes exchanging QTCs easy as most is automated in RTTY. If the operator is eligible to receive or send you a group of QTCs, the keystrokes of Cntrl +Z or Cntrl +Z (twice) will bring up the QTC receive/send exchange screen. There is a learning curve involved, but tutorials and videos are available. Our score could have improved more significantly if we were better prepared.
73, John W1AN
