BARTG Sprint Soapbox built 2-27-2013 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 5P9X Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 296,712 Hard to get all 6 continents. Tnx fer the Q's. Conx culd have been better. 73 de 5P9X (OZ9GA) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA5AU Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 171,360 Didn't plan to spend this much time in the contest, but conditions on 15M were much better than expected considering the high A and K indices. I missed most of the 15M opening to EU running errands, but was surprised to see the band stay open after EU sunset. The band stayed open a couple hours after my sunset and the highlight was working BD3CB two hours after sunset. 73, Don AA5AU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA8R Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 179,712 Missed 5 of the first 6 hours of the contest and a lot of European Multipliers. Enjoyed the contest and thanks for all the contacts. Randy, AA8R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AC0E Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,026 JUST GOT STARTED AND POWER SUPPLY FAILED. TWO HOURS LATER BACK ON THE AIR AFTER TROUBLE SHOOTING & FINDING PARTS (BRIDGE RECTIFIER) IN JUNK BOX. FAMILY COMMITMENTS FINISHED OUT THE DAY. GOT ON FOR 1.5 HRS AT END BUT SLIM PICKINGS. LOTS OF FUN STILL AND THANKS FOR THE Q-s. JIM AC0E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AL9A Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 46,420 Very frustrating propagation. Nothing on 10M, 15M opened late, and despite good reception on 20M wasn't able to hold a frequency and get any good runs going. Seemed to be a familiar case of "one-way propagation" from AK - we can hear, but can't be heard! EU seemed to be open for the lower 48 and everyone had their antennas pointed in that direction which left me calling on their sides or backs. Made two more QSOs than last year, but increased the mults by 11 which resulted in a 46% increase the score year over year. So I guess I will just have to try harder next time! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ES4RD Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 317,100 K3, TA-63N + TA-40KR, ACOM 1010 73! Anatoli ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F5RD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 120,645 Transceiver: ICOM IC-751AF 80W in RTTY Antenna: Dipole 80/40m and GP 20/15/10m Software: N1MM Logger V13.1.2 Many stations on the five bands for this contest It's my best BARTG Sprint in eleven participations Unfortunately, here I have not heard any Oceanian station Thanks to all who worked me See you again next year F5RD Bernard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G3LDI Class: SO Expert LP Total Score = 195,762 Considering the low SFI and high A, conditions were not bad. I worked some nice DX, including Reunion Island on two bands, several VKs and some Far East stations. Nothing from the West Coast of the USA or Canada though. The two YLs, P40YL and K1SFA were both doing extremely well!! I also saw ZS6BW work a station but could not call him there so I laid a trap a few kHz HF with CQs beaming south and sure enough, got him! Enjoyable contest, thanks to all for the Qs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GM0FGI Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 35,476 Regretfully could only participate for 4 hours due to family commitments. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IV3BCA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 50,615 Hello Bad propagation of 10 and 15 meter Rig Yaesu FT 1000D Power 80 Watt Antenna Optibeam 3/11 2 Element's 40 (NOISE) Dipole 80 meter Vy 73 de IV3BCA Paolo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0FX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 154,752 Thanks for the Q's. Nothing heard on 10. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2YG Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 11,180 K2 @ 5 watts, dipole and yagi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4GMH Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 852,264 Thanks to BARTG for sponsoring the Contest. Also, thanks to all who participated and were kind enough to work me. Appreciate all the QSOs. The bands were okay - a bit above average for this part of the Cycle. Ten was good, but for a short time. The lower bands were quite which is always good on the ears. Nice participation. Plenty of stations to work and seemed like always a band or two open to a ham population. Did have one problem - getting RF into the computer. Just started after removing the rigging attached to the computer for the NAQP SSB Contest last weekend. Thought I had put all the stuff back to the way it was before the NAQP, but must have missed something. Several times a sound card's input would switch from "line in" to "microphone". The waterfall would go blank without anything showing up in the receive window. First time it happened, took approx. 30 minutes to figure out how to get the sound card to work again. Unfortunately, this occurred during the 10 meter peak time. This same thing happened several more times. Eventually, kept the sound card's control panel window open on the second monitor. Then whenever the waterfall/spectrum would vanish from MMTTY display, the sound card's input could be switched from microphone to line in. Still would loose some QSO data being sent to me, but it was a work around for this Contest. Not sure what the fix will be - may even have to straighten out the "rats nest" of wires in back of the operating position. That is going to be a BIG job. 73, Mike, K4GMH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4MGE Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 84,588 First time using 2 radios but did most with one radio. A lot to learn and get use to. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5OA/6 Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 46,305 Not very good on West Coast had fun however. Good Luck to all the winners ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6YT Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 140,784 Thanks for the QSOs .... and, enduring my many QLF moments. BARTG RTTY Sprint is a great warmup for CQ WPX RTTY and I had several things I wanted to test. Too many things, really, and it showed. ;>) For one, I wanted to scrutinize the new 2Tone decoder and see what all the apparent excitement was about. To do so, meant abandoning thousands of learning curve hours with WriteLog and getting familiar enough with N1MM Logger to feel confident enough to use it in WPX RTTY with 2Tone added to my normal array of MMTTY decoder windows and a DXP38. It's humbling to start over from scratch and build up all the same functionality that had accumulated over the years with WriteLog. I got mostly there, stopping short of running SO2V on each radio. I opted for the simpler configuration of a MMTTY FSK window, DXP38 receive window and a 2Tone receive window on each PC/radio. As for N1MM Logger, it was a mixed bag. There are a lot of things that are very good about this software. The two areas I got snarled up in a lot were the ESM and callsign stacking. I'm still sorting out my specific tactics, but I was also quite "surprised" more times than I had patience for. Certain inevitable realities of the QSO sequence caused ESM to get into some awkward states. As to call stacking, it took most of the day to get my TU/NOW message dialed in to work properly. Most everyone subjected to my attempt to skip QSO phases patiently stood by while I futzed around to get back on board. The basic problem was one of repeating the report to the first station while the next stations's callsign was already in the Entry window. Its still not clear why that was happening but many iterations of the message later, it started working properly. With that distraction, I never figured out how I want to manage the stack to avoid unwanted calls from being dumped into the Entry window. I'm not convinced the combination of ESM and call stacking, at least with the current implementation, is robust enough to withstand the many unintended snarls that are inevitable in an actual contest. Underlying all this uncertainty and turmoil, one of my PCs is an old 400MHz P2 that is severely underpowered for all this. And it showed dramatically as I had 2-3 second delays between hitting a key and having any transmission commence. A few seconds seems like forever when it is delaying a QSO sequence. Thank goodness everyone was patient with me. I've had a shiny new Windows 7 box to replace it sitting around for a year now and the incentive to do so was raised significantly today! The results were interesting after the few hours of running today. Based on this experience, I wouldn't want to be without any of these three decoders. Most of the time all three decoded very well and similarly. But about once every 30-40 QSOs, only one of them would copy clearly while the other two got nothing. I wouldn't go so far as to say 2Tone is the superior decoder, but I saw enough to want it in my arsenal. There were about equal number of cases where MMTTY copied perfectly while the other two didn't even get a piece of it. Same for the DXP38. 2Tone is solid and ready for prime-time along with the other two. I ran a 500Hz 8-pole crystal filter and 400Hz DSP filter in both radios, without the K3 Dual-Tone Filter. All three decoders did well, although I was ready to dial in tighter filtering had the QRM gotten bad. With heavy QRM, it is sometimes better to sacrifice the moderate bandwidth that suits the decoders best, in order to knock down enough of the unwanted QRM from pumping the AGC and interfering with the IF DSP. Another big experiment was to see if the tighter DSP waveshaping (Beta DSP firmware) on my transmitted FSK signal would degrade the copy of my signal. Empirically, the narrower, lower energy, signal didn't seem to make copy difficult on the other end. It was readily apparent, though, that neighboring stations felt more comfortable moving in closer to me since I wasn't causing them as much problem. I guess that's the "reward" for attempting to transmit a cleaner signal. ;>) A more telling test will be WPX RTTY with its many more signals and stronger signal levels, plus the challenge of the low bands. Narrower transmit bandwidth, richer decoding alternatives and 2x SO2V all within a new (to me) user interface environment may be too much change to deal with in one step. Otherwise, though, it wouldn't be as interesting, eh? Ed W0YK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8GT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 396 No time to play. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD9MS Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 20,572 I like this contest, it's short but you can make a lot of contacts. Lots of stations after the initial start that was kind of slow. Bands were fairly good for me. Not much noise like last weeks NAQP SSB! Thanks to all for the contacts! 73, Craig KD9MS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE8M Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 127,075 BARTGRTTYS Score Summary Sheet Start Date : 2013-01-21 CallSign Used : KE8M Operator(s) : KE8M Operator Category : SINGLE-OP Band : ALL Power : HIGH Mode : RTTY Default Exchange : 001 Gridsquare : EN81RG ARRL Section : OH Club/Team : None Software : N1MM Logger V12.11.1 and mmvari Band QSOs Pts DXC Are Con 3.5 74 74 2 2 0 7 60 60 0 2 0 14 110 110 13 5 2 21 134 134 30 8 3 28 13 13 3 0 0 Total 391 391 48 17 5 Score : 127,075 Rig : kenwood ts 2000 and ameritron als 600 @ 300w Antennas : hy gain lj 105ca @ 45' cushcraft a4s @ 42' full size 40m gp @ 25' full size 80m gp 120 radials Soapbox : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KT1I Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 48,128 A good contest. Operated on and off with some during the night. Surprised to find lack of propagation to some areas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KX7L Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 16,632 This is a new record for me - 3 contests in one weekend, BARTG, CQ160 and the Classic Exchange! No big scores in any one, but lots of fun, of 3 different kinds. Thanks for the Q's! Tried out 2Tone for this contest, and I like it - seemed to do well decoding Europeans on 20 in "Flutter" mode. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LZ2DF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 31,720 Band QSOs Pts DXC Are Con 14 49 49 20 1 0 21 57 57 17 4 2 28 16 16 9 1 3 Total 122 122 46 6 5 Score: 31,720 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: M0CFW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 12,672 Usual Equipment: K3, 5 meter wire on flag pole with ATU, Win-Test 4.10 running on Win8 lenovo laptop It is very interesting to see people still sending 599 even rule says "NO RST" in red color. 73 Kazu M0CFW, JK3GAD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0AJN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 32,220 My best RTTY Contest. Tried to maximize contacts, not my score. I saw no activity on 10M. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1MGO Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 41,400 Montachusett ARA contest club Just a few hours to operate, and do some testing on SO2R setup. Thanks for all the contacts, and the BARTG for organizing the contest. Gordon - N1MGO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2BJ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 127,716 Antenna problems, amp problems(4 hours down), high noise, poor conditions, 40M Beam broke. Well pump broke and lost hours. Should have done other things! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2KI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 217,000 Band conditions at the start were not very good and deteriorated as time progressed. At one point SFI was 99 A=27 K=3. The numbers reflect it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6ML Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 153,816 K3, KPA500 (500w), remote Part time, non-serious. Condx seemed poor on all bands, especially 40 (only one EU QSO!!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6OIL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 21,120 Again a part effort,son had soccer game in the next county so I got a late start. I really enjoy RTTY contests but I did make noob mistake by leaving in the RST, sorry everyone. I tried to make to the end but I could not keep my eyes open.My 80mtr score was in the dumps due to my 5BTV was not tuned for the low end and I don't have a tuner. I tried two different radios this time with N1MM a IC-718 and IC-7000 but the filters in the 7k sure beat out the 718. See everyone on the next contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6WM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 504 throwing out a few q's while trying to dial in the K6LRG remote RTTY setup from the QTH... lookin' good so far! looking forward to RY NAQP 73 and seeya next time Chris N6WM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NC5O Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 32,128 Had some fun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NX8G/5 Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 15,336 Operated from my winter home in Franklinton, Louisiana. Got on after returning home from a long day the Jackson, MS hamfest and operated until I got too tired to continue. Had some fun!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK2SFP Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 382,356 Thanks for all the Q's and see you in the next one. 73, Jarda OK2SFP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: P40YL Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 738,738 Hi, All, Boy, is it good to be back in Aruba shedding the awful colds we brought from the States. What a thrill it is to be on the air from P4 again. Thanks to all of you for making this contest such a kick. Hope to CU in the CQWW WPX RTTY next month! Hi. 88 Sue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UT1IA Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 225,216 Thanks for the nice Contest ! 73 Vladimir (Bob) UT1IA http://www.qsl.net/ut1ia "Contesting is fun !" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA2UP Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 520,410 Still recovering from what I hope will be the 'coldest week' of the year with temps ranging all the way to -30C and -40C windshield all week. Brain obviously frozen I got to the station at 12:00 GMT sharp just to find bands fairly closed. I think I attemped my first run well past the first hour into the contest. Finally things warmed up (a bit) and I was able to turn the antennas without risking rotor damage. I gave it a shot and for 3 or 4 hours I enjoyed pretty steady and fun runs but I guess the high A and K index didn't play for us up here. Only worked 2 JAs and simply couldn't hear the rest of them. Decided that I had my share of fun for this one and pulled the plug early saturday evening. Noticed a bunch of 'new' stations out there, very nice, oh and for next time, when the rules say 'no RST' that means you should not send 599, it's easier to copy your real exchange like that. It would be good to read the rules before every contest...I've seen Mike GMH being asked to send GMT 4 digit time by someone and under the insistance of the other station he actually did ha ha!! Too much! Look forward to WPX with hopefully better conditions. Thanks all for the Qs and Bartg for holding the contest. 73, Fabi va2up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7ST Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 81,270 Had to work for several hours on Saturday -- fortunately, it was all remote from home stuff. Sitting at the desk working while listening to the bands in full flight is depressing. Stayed up through Friday night/Saturday morning in the CQ 160M test (not doing much though, just moping about with low power to a poor antenna) and then jumped into BARTG Sprint shortly after the 4 a.m. start. I was muzzy-headed all day Saturday. Europe didn't show up on the high bands, other than a few scratchy signals on 20M for a while on Saturday morning. Low bands weren't much good, either. Saturday night saw little activity on 40M and 80M here. Found all continents easily enough, though. Some years, that can be a real chore. Thanks for the Qs. -- Bud VA7ST Band QSOs Pts DXC Are Con 3.5 12 12 0 0 0 7 43 43 5 10 3 14 141 141 12 5 1 21 105 105 6 7 2 Total 301 301 23 22 6 Year QSOs Mult Score Continents ----------------------------------- 2013 301 45 81,270 6 HP 8 hrs 2012 333 43 85,914 6 HP 8 hrs 2011 385 48 110,880 6 HP 9.5 hrs 2010 364 49 107,016 6 HP 2009 205 38 46,740 6 HP 2008 201 34 41,004 6 HP 2007 299 58 104,052 6 HP 2006 288 55 77,760 6 LP 2005 290 43 62,350 5 LP 2003 113 28 15,820 5 LP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE4VT Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 2,820 Had a commitment that would keep me away during daylight on Saturday but thought I would be able to get a few hours in early and enjoy the start of EU on the high bands. Nothing doing, the bands were flat and the few signals from EU on 20m were difficult to print through the Auroral flutter. This did not promise to be a good day at the radio so I wasn't too upset to head off for the day. When I returned close to 23:30, 15 m was still open stateside but no DX from Asia or Japan could be heard. 40m was very flat with lots of flutter and no DX. I decided to pull the plug and spend some radio time on 160m instead. That was even worst. Not a good radio weekend to be a VE4. With a brilliant clear coold night, the northern lights were fantastic, even from within the City. Only 8 more weeks of winter,(if we are lucky!) Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE9AA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,800 Deedle Deedle ic746 & wire ground planes, n1mm, mmtty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY2LI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 16,768 Had only a short window to operate at the beginning of the test.73,Bill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0LSD Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 500,820 Pretty crummy conditions out west. Very very few EUs were heard/worked. Had rig dedicated to 10 meters with 3 ele yagi, saw lots of spots but not one signal was heard. Still battling rf in computer which causes some real hangup problems. Thought I had it fixed, but obviously not. Back to ordering torroids by the gross! Overall good participation stateside. I found it interesting on how many sent 599 when it was not required. Old habits hard to kick. Thanks for all the Qs and patience with RF induced hang ups. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4DXX Class: SO Expert HP Total Score = 12,600 Just had time for 2 hours and op'd 10m only. 10 was open to Africa early and Europe on Sat. morning. Eric/W4DXX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4SDJ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 29,808 Worked part time and had a great time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6SFK Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 149,856 Band QSOs Pts DXC Are Con 3.5 21 21 0 0 0 7 127 127 0 1 0 14 215 215 22 15 3 21 83 83 8 10 3 Total 446 446 30 26 6 Score: 149,856 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6SX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 172,800 K3, ACOM 2000A, wire antenna at 46 feet with Matchboxes, MMTTY, 2Tone, N1MM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7LD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 88,968 Poor propagation to EU from WWA. No ten meters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA1ZAM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 17,940 Just playing around sin-op sin-radio sin-ant highlight of the contest for me was being called by fr5gs on 10 meters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA8HSB Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 3,906 A part time effort; 3 hours max. Should have tried 15 earlier. Had a great time though testing my new FSK interface and using N1MM logging software. After several years RTTY contesting, I finally used both FSK and N1MM software for the first time! Both worked well and I now see why many swear by N1MM's logging software. It works extremely well with MMTTY. I used two MMTTY windows; one with the Standard profile and the second with the AA6YQ FIR512 profile. Dave's profile helped several times with decoding. BARTG will need to consider this a checklog as I did not use /4 during the contest. All QSOs were made with using QRP to attic antennas. Thanks to all for the Q's. 73, John WA8HSB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WN6K Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 188,430 I thought that I would just possibly be able to sit in the chair for the full 24 if the activity warranted...but after 19 hours I came to the conclusion that only me and a few other diehards (who were already in the log) were around and sleep sounded SOOOOO much better. The very high A index was not helping and the noisy atmospherics disguised those QRPers trying to call me...they were QRPers weren't they? 10m was very so-so as the above totals reflect but I was happy to work some JAs on Saturday afternoon. 15m was productive but it was not until I was calling on 40m was a able to snag a ZS to complete the continental column and that was the ONLY African I ended up with in the log. 80m was a large whooshing sound interrupted by a loud W6/W7 but was overall not productive as those mults did not count as anything new once you had worked them elsewhere. I am thinking that is a bit detrimental to encouraging the activity to continue much past filling in the Mult columns elsewhere as it was WORK on 40/80m. Qs by 7L4IOU AA4DD JA1HFY KA9MOM KE8M N4ART NW7D were made on 4 bands and I was really looking for NW7D on 80 but he or I must have been buried. SH5 shows 52Qs on first hour of 15m was the highest rate. I think that the limitation of a 'band change' necessitates that you must remain on that band for 6m is not good for chance of moving folks about if possible but then dem's da rules.... All in all a 50% increase over last year's event and we did have fun... WN6K, Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YL5T Class: SO Expert LP Total Score = 209,076 "Expert" with low power and very limited time.. CU next time! 73! Index of Calls Call: 5P9X Class: Single Op LP Call: AA5AU Class: SO Expert HP Call: AA5VU Class: Single Op HP Call: AA7V Class: SO Expert HP Call: AA8R Class: SO Expert HP Call: AB4GG Class: Single Op HP Call: AC0E Class: Single Op LP Call: AD5XD Class: SO Expert LP Call: AI9T Class: SO Expert HP Call: AL9A Class: SO Expert HP Call: DL1ZBO Class: Single Op LP Call: EA3JW Class: Single Op HP Call: ES4RD Class: Single Op HP Call: F4FFH Class: Single Op HP Call: F4GDI Class: Single Op LP Call: F5CQ Class: SO Expert HP Call: F5RD Class: Single Op LP Call: G3LDI Class: SO Expert LP Call: GM0FGI Class: SO Expert HP Call: HA0ML Class: Single Op LP Call: IV3BCA Class: Single Op LP Call: IW1PNJ Class: Multi-Op HP Call: IW1QN Class: Single Op HP Call: IZ3QCH Class: Single Op LP Call: K0FX Class: Single Op HP Call: K1SD Class: Single Op HP Call: K2SI Class: Single Op LP Call: K2YG Class: Single Op QRP Call: K3FH Class: Single Op LP Call: K4CX Class: Single Op HP Call: K4GMH Class: SO Expert HP Call: K4HAL Class: Single Op HP Call: K4HMB Class: SO Expert HP Call: K4MGE Class: Single Op HP Call: K5OA/6 Class: Single Op LP Call: K6YT Class: SO Expert HP Call: K7TQ Class: Single Op LP Call: K8GT Class: Single Op LP Call: K8UT Class: SO Expert HP Call: KC2WUF Class: Single Op LP Call: KD9MS Class: Single Op LP Call: KE8M Class: Single Op HP Call: KG9JP Class: Single Op LP Call: KH6GMP Class: Single Op LP Call: KK4EIR Class: Single Op LP Call: KM4JA Class: Single Op LP Call: KS1J Class: Single Op HP Call: KT1I Class: Single Op LP Call: KX7L Class: Single Op LP Call: LY6A Class: SO Expert HP Call: LZ2DF Class: Single Op LP Call: LZ5XQ Class: Single Op LP Call: LZ6K Class: Single Op HP Call: M0AFZ Class: Single Op LP Call: M0CFW Class: Single Op LP Call: N0AJN Class: Single Op LP Call: N0TA Class: Single Op HP Call: N1JM/7 Class: Single Op LP Call: N1MGO Class: SO Expert HP Call: N2BJ Class: Single Op HP Call: N2KI Class: Single Op HP Call: N3AFT Class: Single Op LP Call: N4MM Class: Single Op HP Call: N6HE Class: Single Op HP Call: N6ML Class: Single Op HP Call: N6OIL Class: Single Op LP Call: N6WM Class: Single Op LP Call: N6XI Class: Single Op HP Call: NA4M/5 Class: Single Op HP Call: NB4M Class: Single Op LP Call: NC5O Class: Single Op LP Call: NF8M Class: Single Op LP Call: NG7Z Class: Single Op HP Call: NO7T Class: Single Op HP Call: NX0I Class: Single Op LP Call: NX8G/5 Class: Single Op LP Call: OK2SFP Class: SO Expert HP Call: OZ6TL Class: Single Op HP Call: P40YL Class: SO Expert HP Call: R7MM Class: Single Op LP Call: UA4ALI Class: Single Op LP Call: UT1IA Class: SO Expert HP Call: UT2IV Class: Single Op LP Call: VA2UP Class: SO Expert HP Call: VA7ST Class: SO Expert HP Call: VE3AJ Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3XAT Class: Single Op LP Call: VE4VT Class: SO Expert HP Call: VE9AA Class: Single Op LP Call: VE9HF Class: Single Op HP Call: VY2LI Class: Single Op HP Call: W0LSD Class: SO Expert HP Call: W1BYH Class: SO Expert HP Call: W3BUI Class: Single Op LP Call: W3DQN/5 Class: Single Op LP Call: W4BCG Class: Single Op HP Call: W4BK Class: Single Op LP Call: W4DXX Class: SO Expert HP Call: W4GKM Class: SO Expert HP Call: W4GV Class: Single Op HP Call: W4LC Class: Single Op LP Call: W4OX Class: Single Op LP Call: W4SDJ Class: Single Op LP Call: W4UK Class: Single Op HP Call: W5JBO Class: Single Op HP Call: W6EU Class: Single Op HP Call: W6SFK Class: Single Op HP Call: W6SX Class: Single Op HP Call: W7LD Class: Single Op LP Call: W7RTX Class: Single Op LP Call: W7WW Class: Single Op HP Call: W8UL Class: Single Op HP Call: W9ILY Class: SO Expert HP Call: W9VQ Class: Single Op LP Call: WA1ZAM Class: Single Op LP Call: WA5ZUP Class: SO Expert HP Call: WA8HSB Class: Single Op QRP Call: WN6K Class: Single Op LP Call: WT4O Class: Single Op HP Call: XE2AU Class: Multi-Op LP Call: YL5T Class: SO Expert LP Call: YU15OTC Class: Multi-Op HP Call: YU8NU Class: SO Expert LP Call: Z37M Class: Multi-Op HP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: Multi-Op HP Call: IW1PNJ Call: YU15OTC Call: Z37M Class: Multi-Op LP Call: XE2AU Class: Single Op HP Call: AA5VU Call: AB4GG Call: EA3JW Call: ES4RD Call: F4FFH Call: IW1QN Call: K0FX Call: K1SD Call: K4CX Call: K4HAL Call: K4MGE Call: KE8M Call: KS1J Call: LZ6K Call: N0TA Call: N2BJ Call: N2KI Call: N4MM Call: N6HE Call: N6ML Call: N6XI Call: NA4M/5 Call: NG7Z Call: NO7T Call: OZ6TL Call: VE9HF Call: VY2LI Call: W4BCG Call: W4GV Call: W4UK Call: W5JBO Call: W6EU Call: W6SFK Call: W6SX Call: W7WW Call: W8UL Call: WT4O Class: Single Op LP Call: 5P9X Call: AC0E Call: DL1ZBO Call: F4GDI Call: F5RD Call: HA0ML Call: IV3BCA Call: IZ3QCH Call: K2SI Call: K3FH Call: K5OA/6 Call: K7TQ Call: K8GT Call: KC2WUF Call: KD9MS Call: KG9JP Call: KH6GMP Call: KK4EIR Call: KM4JA Call: KT1I Call: KX7L Call: LZ2DF Call: LZ5XQ Call: M0AFZ Call: M0CFW Call: N0AJN Call: N1JM/7 Call: N3AFT Call: N6OIL Call: N6WM Call: NB4M Call: NC5O Call: NF8M Call: NX0I Call: NX8G/5 Call: R7MM Call: UA4ALI Call: UT2IV Call: VE3AJ Call: VE3XAT Call: VE9AA Call: W3BUI Call: W3DQN/5 Call: W4BK Call: W4LC Call: W4OX Call: W4SDJ Call: W7LD Call: W7RTX Call: W9VQ Call: WA1ZAM Call: WN6K Class: Single Op QRP Call: K2YG Call: WA8HSB Class: SO Expert HP Call: AA5AU Call: AA7V Call: AA8R Call: AI9T Call: AL9A Call: F5CQ Call: GM0FGI Call: K4GMH Call: K4HMB Call: K6YT Call: K8UT Call: LY6A Call: N1MGO Call: OK2SFP Call: P40YL Call: UT1IA Call: VA2UP Call: VA7ST Call: VE4VT Call: W0LSD Call: W1BYH Call: W4DXX Call: W4GKM Call: W9ILY Call: WA5ZUP Class: SO Expert LP Call: AD5XD Call: G3LDI Call: YL5T Call: YU8NU