The CQ WPX RTTY contest is fast approaching. The station will be setup for Mult-2 Part-time or all out operators needed! Let me know if you will be in able to put in some hours!
73 John W1AN
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Hi John:
I can’t spend the whole weekend there but I am planning to arrive early Sat morning and do whatever I can through the rest of the day, leaving about 5PM-ish.
73, Ken K3IU
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That works for me Ken. Anyone else want to join us?
Looks like it’s just me and Ken from here. Hope to work many of you. Put in some time!
RYRYRY 73, John W1AN
2019 CQ WPX RTTY Contest
Call: KE1S
Operator(s): K3IU W1AN
Station: W1AN
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): 22
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 266
40: 601
20: 499
15: 99
10:
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Total: 1465 Prefixes = 656 Total Score = 3,114,032
Club: CT RI Contest Group
NG1Mike-Mike and K1DeltaMike-Mike were kept away for work and travel so it was up to K3IU Ken and I to manage the weekend effort. On Saturday the predawn noise of Ken ‘s car door woke me up to make the coffee. For dinner prime rib and creme brulee was enjoyed by all participants.
Conditions were fairly good. Zero activity on 10M. I did put in extra effort to catch more 6 pointer Saturday night after 1AM. This helped our score tremendously considering the limited hours in the chair.
Strange sporadic signal levels were puzzling on Saturday on 20M. Background noise was steady. Only signals were affected. Maybe antenna, but will be watched.
73, John W1AN
To be clear, the big majority of the KE1S score is attributable to W1AN as I was only there for a few hours on Saturday. Great effort, John!
I operated from home for a couple of hours on Sunday with the following results.
73, Ken K3IU
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Call: K3IU
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: RI
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 0
40: 49
20: 63
15: 18
10: 0
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Total: 130 Prefixes = 114 Total Score = 34,314
Club: CT RI Contest Group
Thank you for contacts both Ken and Ke1s was tough on my end as i ended up catching the flu so was kinda glad was just a RYRY contest. Spent only around 11-13hours op time. Thanks again wa1bxy/nc1cc
Band QSOs Pts WPX Pt/Q
3.5 65 138 33 2.1
7 178 500 73 2.8
14 357 647 211 1.8
Total 600 1285 317 2.1
Score: 407,345
1 Mult = 1.9 Q’s
Got a good catch on 10 meters! Ran the FT-817 QRP into the Multi Band Dipole.
Had 72 Q’s. 15 Meters was moderate…. Need the filter for 20 Meters. Ran for only about 6 or 7 hours on and off…..
CALLSIGN: W1IG
CLUB: CTRI Contest Group
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTED
CATEGORY-BAND: ALL
CATEGORY-MODE: RTTY
CATEGORY-POWER: QRP
CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CLAIMED-SCORE: 10200
OPERATORS: W1IG
Happy to see the member activity. But more is better! So far today, Tuesday 2/12, CTRI KE1S shows up as third in USA listing in 3830 contest scores report. I always wonder after each contest what we could achieve if we manage a full effort. We have done it in the past. Made records. Now need to do more in the future.
Where would another 400 Qs, 100 6 pointers and additional 200-300 prefixes place us? All doable. What would it have taken to beat K9CT? Anybody want to setup a spread sheet to play with the numbers?
Next weekend is the ARRL DX CW. An opportunity. Multi-Single anyone. Muti-2?
73, John W1AN
K1SX SOAB QRP
Band QSOs Pts WPX Pt/Q
7 35 140 34 4.0
14 26 62 25 2.4
Total 61 202 59 3.3
Score: 11,918
I put in a bit of time. It wasn’t quite as easy to get the q’s as it was in Sept. I tried to concentrate on the higher point values. KE1S and NC1CC were copied but scatter wasn’t making it on qrp. — Dave K1SX