JARTS Soapbox built 10-31-2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB1J Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 80,465 Last time I had a physical the doctor looked at my chart, shook his head and said, "Hmmm, it looks like you're 69. I'd like to get that down a little." Yeah. In my first JARTS I sent 66 and now it's crept up to 69. Not an encouraging trend and everyone can follow it in their logs. So much for medical privacy. The project this weekend was to revive my basement 80/40m station and its antenna (a "perverted L" jammed into my small back yard) which I haven't used since the ARRL RTTY RU in January. The station is a conglomeration of discards which would have been fine in the late, great 20th century but is a bit long in the tooth now. I found a chopped radial to repair and had to buy some new cables and chokes and generally clean up and reorganize. It's an OK CW setup, but nothing to write home about for RTTY and SSB. I spent enough time on 80 and 40 to test things, but those weren't the happenin' places this weekend. 10m was where it was at. I did a 15m single band operation in the WW RTTY three weeks back and wasn't able to experience the ressurrection of 10m then, so I gave it a whirl now. What a blast! Once I got started, I couldn't stop. There were JAs all over the place Saturday evening. I haven't worked a JA on 10m since early 2002. I hope things continue in this vein. I'm excited about the new 10m RTTY contest in December. We could have a real treat in store. 73, Kermit, AB1J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB1OD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 21,424 Really nice conditions at local sunset on 15m Saturday evening. Until this weekend, working JA was a very rare occurrence -- not terribly surprising considering that JA is more-or-less off the end of my wire antenna. But now there are plenty of JA's in the logbook. I just wish I could have gotten ahead of the South Korean station who was operating S&P while I was also playing S&P Saturday evening. That was the first time I've even heard South Korea from my QTH, and I really would have liked to work him. Propagation seemed better Saturday than Sunday, but in fairness my on-air time was limited Sunday due to XYL-assigned chores. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AI9T Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 768,264 Nice to have 10 meters in good shape. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AL9A Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 380,196 Great fun all weekend! Too many family conflicts to keep the butt in the chair longer. I wonder what the score would be if I could double my op time? Unfortunately I will probably never know! It is great to have 10M back! I would much rather have that band than the paltry handful of Q's I'm able to garner on 80M. Only problem with running SO1R with these great conditions is I'm always wondering what I'm missing on the other bands. Guess I will have to suck it up and go SO2R to find out! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DJ3IW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 25,756 10m only DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ES5RY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 79,296 For fun at home! Rig:IC756PRO3-100w Ant:MFJ 1798 (80m-2m) Soft:MixW 2.20 73 de Tom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EW1NA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 23,463 only 10 watts of output, antenna IV for 80&40 m on mast 11м ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F5RD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 274,964 Very good conditions on high bands for this contest. With a dipole (80/40m) and a homebrew tribander GP (20/15/10m) I achieved 49 contacts with Japanese stations and 148 with Northen America. This is much more than previous years. Thanks to all who worked me. See you again in 2012. F5RD Bernard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GM0FGI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 837,678 What a difference a week makes in propagation, last weekend poor this weekend amazing; even better than WW RTTY weekend here. Long time since I worked as many stations on 10m and so many JA's over all bands. Many thanks for all the contacts and to the organisers. Equipment: IC7600, ACOM 1010 300 watts Antennas: VK2ABQ 10 15 and 20m, 40m 1/4 wave vertical,80m full wave loop Software N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GU0SUP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 295,984 Great to see the bands open again. 10m was in great shape, as was 15m, but 20m was poor, with only a few W's in the log. Had some good runs too, plus some nice DX. 73 all Phil GU0SUP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: HK1T Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 111,670 Thank you very much for all your reports, the first time I have participated in this contest, I'm surprised a lot of people ...! worked only 10 hours, is impossible to have discipline with a baby of 6 months ...! lol See you in a year ...! with a baby of 18 months ...! Then i can work something more .... The best for all Sal HK1T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IK1DFH Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 238,986 I have participated for the first time in this contest, I have amused very good, propagation good in the high band . Thanks to all those that have connected me 73" de Roby IK1DFH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IW1QN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 761,750 Beautiful Contest. Propagazion very Very Good with 10m Wide Open. West Coast in 10m with Strong Signal but also in 15m and in 20m West Coast worked at 3:00 Utc. What a funny Contest. Hard work all Time But I operate 36 Hours and 20m with a Little Pause in Saturday....... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1LT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 16,497 Got on to look for more band-countries on 80 meters, except that 10 meters was open. Had a run of 10 meter Europeans for about an hour, a run of 10 meter JAs for about an hour, and finally a few stations on 80 meters. Equipment: K3, ETO 91B (thanks, Jeff), X7 at 60 feet, verticals for 40, 80, and 160, Beverages. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1XM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 318,136 Got Sunspots! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2DSL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,064 Just 1 hour operating (30 mins Sat morning & 30 mins at the end of the contest) and I stayed on 10m. Worked all EUs on Sat morning and JAs and a VK at the end. Never worked a JA or VK on 10m so I'm loving this! 100w and a dipole - what a blast! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2PO/7 Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 762,750 I think I'm liking Cycle 24! 5-band QSOs with JA1BJI, JS3CTQ, and JE7HYK. Thanks to all! /Bill, K2PO/7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2QMF Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 15,180 New FTdx-5000. Was just doing a shakedown cruse... All okay. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3FIV Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 71,706 Rig: Flex-3000, N1MM, MMTTY Ant: 135 foot Carolina Windom at 35 feet, on all bands Loc: CM88eu, about a kilometer from the Pacific Ocean. Sure is nice to have sunspots. Congratulations to the EU stations who could pull out my 100W-and-a-dipole signal - especially the ones who answered my CQs! It was refreshing to be able to run for a change, and even to have a call from EU immediately followed by a call from ZL. Amazing propagation. With so many RTTY signals around, I used the opportunity as a training exercise on how to better use the MMTTY and N1MM software with the Flex-3000. There's a *lot* of settings in all that software. Played around with various profiles, and discovered that they really do make a difference in copying DX, e.g., using a "fluttered signal" profile for EU signals coming over the pole. I also experimented with MMTTY and N1MM settings for TX. Used a 300Hz filter on both RX and TX, to try to send out a clean signal. It must all have helped since I got only a few requests for fills, and had little trouble copying anybody. As the contest ended, I finally got macros set up the way I liked. This time, I even remembered to save my macro files, so I don't have to invent everything again in the next RTTY contest. The goal for next time is to remember that I saved the settings from this time, and also to remember where I saved them. Great way to spend some time over a fall weekend. 73, /Jack de K3FIV Point Arena, CA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3TN Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 35,720 A Windom at 45' does not make a great 10m antenna but conditions were so fantastic I spent most of the time there. Interesting 10m fact: the average age sent on 10m is about 10 years less than on the other bands! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4FX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 340,280 Great condx on 10m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4MGE Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 224,296 I had radio problems and back-up radio I couldn't get programmed to work. Missed from Sunday morning till end. I hope 10 meter stays open for some more RTTY contests that make it fun. Thanks for all the contacts. Had a good time. Wayne K4MGE 73s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4WW Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 165,534 WOW...I can't remember the last time I saw such good conditions on 10 meters. Unfortunately, I had preplanned activities for both afternoons, and didn't get to take full advantage of them. I will be surprised if there aren't several new records established. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6LRN Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 274,403 Thanks to all for the Qs!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7MKL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 29,625 Nice result with part-time operation, low power and verticals on all bands. Worked T32C but they were not sending age so did the right thing and deleted the Q from my log :<( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8MM Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 284,466 Out of nearly 600 qso's, only a dozen were younger than my age of 39. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9MUG/4 Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 871 I was going to operate a little longer, but one of the TFW---Twisted Freaks of the World, decided to jam me right of the bat. Unfortunately, his signal was quite strong and he was dedicated to following me around. I recognized the signal and his technique from the week before in the Makrothen, but then I was able to work right through him. So he won the battle this time. Listen up freak, I don't know who you are, but we both know what you are. TFW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KA2D Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 289,362 Split time between NYQP and JARTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB2HSH Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 6,864 Wasn't expecting another RTTY contest this weekend...but I worked what I could...between taking care of 3 kids, training, and running in a 5K race this morning. Still, had fun seeing United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, and Morocco on 10 meters. Looks like the good stuff is FINALLY here! Great time overall! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KC2LST Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 104,688 This contest was great fun! Band conditions on 10 meters were fantastic - my first opportunity to work Japanese stations on 10 and there were very many there, particularly toward the close of the contest, and quite loud too. Thanks to all who participated for the QSOs and thanks to JARTS for sponsoring the contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE5OG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 126,125 Conditions were very good on 10 and 15. Had a great run on 10 the last two hours. 20 seemed light much of the time probably because everyone was on 15. My thanks to JARTS. And everyone for the Qs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KF6RY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 153,120 Made 128 contacts with JA. Nice to see 10 and 15 in good shape. Best DX Saudi Arabia. Nice to see Craig A35CT in the contest. Took a few minutes off to work a certain station in the Line Islands on 10M FM ;-) FT-1000MP MK-V @ 100W KT-34M2 @ 30 ft. HF-2V N1MM 11.10.1 /73 Dave W6ZL / A35KL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KI7Y Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 138,204 Good 10 meter openings were fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KJ7NO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 37,840 Are the ages getting younger? Or am I older? Huh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KL7AC Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 226,480 Not a lot of time to dedicate to the test with doing the final before winter chores. Cutting wood, cleaning dog pen and grounds and installing a new Jenn-Air for the XYL. Good thing too as I woke up to 3 inches of fresh snow Sunday morning. Conditions were great and had a blast on 10M Saturday morning. Worked into EU and AF for the first time in 7 or 8 years, what a treat. The JA's were out in full force on 15M. All in all a good time, hope CQWW CW is as good since I am thinking QRP could be productive. Have not ran that since '99. 73, Andre ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN3A Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 50,820 Great band conditions on 10 and 15 meters! I had very limited time to operate, especially on Sunday. Saturday I spent a bit of time trying to get MMTTY to configure with N1MM. Once I got that under control all was well. 73 Scott KN3A Kenwood TS 450SAT 75 Watts N1MM Logger Dipole Antenna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR2E Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 15,624 A few new countries. Left the amp off. Only missed a few that couldn't hear 100W. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KS7S Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 27,008 Elecraft K3 --- Ameritron AL-811 (250W) --- Cushcraft R7000 Vertical ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0KE Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 241,240 Part time effort Sunday only. Nice conditions on 10 and 15. Even worked 7 JA stations on 80m (a personal best for any RTTY contest). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1IW Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 44,415 Spent a few hours on Sunday in between yard work. Nice to see 10M open especially to the JAs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2FF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 378,350 This was a great contest with great conditions. Unfortunately there was a conflict with the NY QSO Pary contest on Satuday so I did not spend full time at JARTS with less than 20 hours total. Conditions were much better than last year so there should be some really BIG scores in 2011. Were I to have submitted this years score in 2010 I would have come in number 12 world wide low power. It's going to be interesting to see the results for 2011. I could be in the top 100, I hope. Ten and fifteen were alive with the sound of RTTY while 20 was at times deserted because all the action was on the higher bands. It was great to see so many Asian and JA statioions and be able to work them with only 100 watts. And the opening was for a long time. In years past I have been able to hear the long DX but not always been able to work them. That was not the case this year. Nearly all were workable. But BV100 again eluded me for a new one. There were a few new band modes on 10 and 15 but no new countries. Signals Sunday night on 10 were great! I cannaot help but note that there was almost no aroral flutter on those strong JJA signals. I have been on RTTY since 1965 and I do not remember so much JA activity in previous contests, but then this is a JARTS contest. Age may be getting to me here. AAnd yes, it was nice to see some low age numbers. One stations sent 22 and I had him send it again thinking I had a garble and I printed but did not work a station send 12. That is encouraging because I worked too many stations sending 72 and higher. On Saturday I worked 67 stations in one hour - my highest rate every with ono radio and 100 watts. Thanks to all who worked me. Please do it again soon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2WN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 57,702 Gave 10m a good morning workout... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3FAW Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,620 Started going pretty well Sat. Sunday FSK refused to diddle. Still fixing (hopefully). The highlight was a YL in China! BA2IB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3RC Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 224,664 Great to get new Steppir DB-36 back on-line in time for great 10-15 conditions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6ML Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 179,840 K3, KPA500 (~600W), HyGain 103BA, Force12 EF415 Casual remote operation mostly to take advantage of FB 10m condx. The sun(spot) gods really seem to like RTTY contests - it wasn't quite as hot as the Sunday of CQWW, but still very good. Worked several new ones on 10m. Took many breaks to work other cool non-contest DX on 10 and 12m. Ran a bit on 15m when 10 dried up .. and only went to 20m to work TA for a new one on RTTY. Highlight of the weekend was getting a call from FR4NT on 10m. A W5 called at the same time, and I was completely convinced that the FR was a mis-decode, but it turns out he was louder than the W5!! This would have been a SOSB10 entry, except there are no single-band categories in this one. Shame... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7VEA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 84,624 Chair time less than wanted and very interrupted due to illness, but lots of fun anyway. Many thanks to all of you who answered my little signal! 73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA2M Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 128,160 Great condx on 10 & 15. Rig: Elecraft K3 90W Ant: 80/160 Inv "L"; 40M Loop; R5 Vertical PGM: N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA2U Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 13,728 Ain't no meters like 10m. 73 from the desert, Fred/NA2U ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NO7T Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 100,418 Suburb propagation. The hills were alive with digital music. Worked many new ones plus lots of old ones. Thanks everyone for the participation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OG8T Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 233,410 tnx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH1F Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 193,807 Only part time operation in this "iron man contest". Great JA runs on Sunday morning! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH4KZM Class: MOMT LP Total Score = 85,680 Part time operation with my 7 years old son Jussi . Jussi use "insert" and "enter" buttons :) FT-920 80W Mosley TA33 up 9m N1MM+MMTTY. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OZ1ADL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 307,230 Unfortunately not a lot of time for this great contest...so a lot of Off and On operation - and for once: Without the amplifier which had a blown tube....but lot�'s of JA�'s out for the occasion on 10 & 15 - Great fun and great Condx ! CU on the air vy 73 de Jan, OZ1ADL http://www.thogersen.dk/Site_2/What_is_happening_at_OZ1ADL/What_is_happening_at_OZ1ADL.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S56A Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 448,264 Nice condx appart from noisy 80 m. Lot of good DX including T32C. It was fun! UE DE MARIO, S56A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UN1L Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,298,299 Do not trust amplifiers ICOM PW1. It is very bad amplifier. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: US0HZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 257,936 RIG: FT 2000 ANT: 1/2 Vertical romb 162m long 40m hign 73 Stan US0HZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA2UP Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 643,435 I couldn't really play in this contest due to family commitments but I had a little 3 hour break each of the 3 days. Conditions seemed really good and I'm sure this should be a record breaking year for many. Lucky the ones who could spend time in this contest. Real fun to see conditions like this. Thanks to all the JAs who gave me a good 15M run towards the end of the test. Thanks Jarts for holding the contest. 73, Fabi va2up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7ST Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 311,652 * FT-2000 * N1MM Logger + MMTTY * Steppir 3-ele. @ 27' * 40M Steppir dipole at 27' * 80M 2-el. AS/NA vertical array, elevated 2011 SFI = 151 | A= 7 | K=2 2010 SFI = 87 | A=13 | K=2 2009 SFI = 70 | A= 2 | K=0 2008 SFI = 70 | A= 4 | K=1 Oh my, that was a lot of fun. With 10M and 15M wide open both days, 20M fell to lonely third place on the "must work" list. Good thing, as 20M wasn't particularly good on the short or long hauls this weekend. 80M was once again forgotten by many, while 40M was good domestically but fewer than usual DX stations heard or worked. But wow! How about that 10M? Every time I was on 20M or 15M, I kept wondering what I was missing on the "new" 10M. Great fun. Ran low power, thinking the good conditions would make for plenty of action without the amp. Managed to blow past all previous outing, including three straight HP efforts in 2006 to 2009. Can only image the rates I'd have enjoyed with the amp running. Year QSOs Pts. Mults Score ------------------------------------- 2011 619 1574 198 311,652 2010 350 823 104 85,592 2009 689 1688 158 266,704 (HP) 2008 675 1571 142 223,082 (HP) 2007 513 1215 117 142,155 (HP) 2006 412 920 103 94,760 2005 673 1578 154 243,012 2004 586 1428 156 222,768 2003 114 -- 46 12,926 2002 321 785 119 93,415 Quit with an hour remaining as T32C showed up on 10M FM. Tried to work them for two hours but no joy. Maybe later in the week. Now to rest for a couple of weeks in prep for CQWW SSB. A little Stew Perry warmup next weekend is just the ticket for that. Thanks for the contacts. -- Bud VA7ST http://va7st.ca/home.html http://orcadxcc.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE1ZA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 88,977 Nice Contest, nice to work some JA's on 15m sunday night. Worked into E21 and VU2 on 10m, what a surprise!! Cheers, Tony ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE4EAR Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 122,811 Just some spare time operating. Unlike CQWW RTTY, actually had an opening to Asia on 10m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6SQ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 86,240 Band QSOs Pts Cty Sec 3.5 14 28 0 9 7 67 136 1 15 14 74 167 11 14 21 184 431 10 21 28 51 118 2 15 Total 390 880 24 74 Score: 86,240 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7IO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 331,992 15 meters was awsome and great signals on 10 meters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VK3TDX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 48,384 Just a few hours of part time operating. Good band condx but lots of noise on low bands. 73 Steve VK3TDX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY2LI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 996,060 Started out as a casual effort that turned into a marathon (for me that is).Except for 80,some great prop.Hats off to the many 80+yo ops.Sure hope I am at if I live that long.It is very obvious that this is an aging hobby;however,I was treated to exchanges with a couple of 12yos.How to go!Lots of fun and a real sprint at the last when I turned to 80 in the last 30min to pick up some valuable mults.Hope we got into your log.73,Bill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0LSD Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,460,916 My first ever full effort in JARTS. This was to be a trial of my new SO3R set up.. but sometimes you have great ideas with bad assumptions! I set up a separate 10 meter station (old 756 pro, Drake L4B literally rescued on the way to the dump and 3 element yagi at 30 feet) over the last year and have it linked with the other 2 rigs..thought was to pick up "a few mults" on 10 when normally we would only hear 10-20 stations on 10 TE during an entire contest. Well..my assumption that 10 wasn't coming back was totally wrong and 10 meters was the run station most of the time.. Great participation from JA hams.. reminded me of the late 80s when hundreds of JAs were worked from CO. every contest. Did everybody burn out on high bands and skip 80? Not much there. Rough start due to computer glitches and lost most of first 90 minutes. Always love seeing the age of the guys you work all the time.. we are getting a bit long in the tooth asren't we? Looking forward to AA5AU's report on average age. Thanks for the Q's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0RAA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 864,715 What a blast. This was a fun weekend with the bands in excellent shape. The money bands for me were 10, 15 & 20. I didn't spend much time on 40 & 80. I can't complain about anything and I even picked up a few new countries. It was nice sitting on 10 meters calling CQ and being persued by what seemed to be half of Europe. Towards the end I had a pretty good run with the JA's and a couple Indonesia stations. All in all a great weekend and a fun contest. Thanks to those who gave me contacts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2YC Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 819,568 Lots of fun. First good opening to JA for running in recent years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3LL Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,755,705 SO1R Great JA participation in their contest. Found a pipeline of JA's all evening and into the night on 10M, 15M and 20M. Nice having JT and YB unexpectedly call in on the run frequency. Saturday evening and night on both 40M and 80M was slower than Friday with less RTTY activity. The higher bands remaining open all night was an attraction not to be missed. SteppIR MonstIR @ 90', 80M 4-SQ, Alpha 9500, K3, N1MM and MMTTY again all performed well. Thanks to the sponsor for organizing a great contest and thanks for the Q's! 73, Bud W3LL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4DXX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 410,475 Only operated part-time this weekend. Thought I would make a few qsos and ended w/ 755....I guess it was addicting. 10 and 15 played well and 20m on Saturday mid-night was amazing...band open to whole world with antenna pointed north. You never knew who would come back to a CQ. Only operated 3 bands and found good activity all the time I sat down at the radio. Thanks to everyone again for the RTTY qsos and the sponsors for a great contest. Eric / W4DXX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4GKM Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 582,936 I started out just to be a casual operator on this contest but with conditions being very good on 10 and 15 it became a very fund contest. Thanks to all the JA's that were kind enought to work me and thanks to the sponsor. It was fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5AP Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 72,261 JUST PLAYED FOR SEVERAL HOURS RIG K3, AMP HF2500, ANT: ONLY WIRES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6WRT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 537,516 SO1R. On a hunch, took a break during the last hour and worked T32C on 10 meter FM for a clean sweep of all 26 HF band-modes. Life is good. :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WHY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 36,936 Really fun to work DX on 10 again. I was fighting a bad cold all weekend so didn't get much time to operate. Amp not working so all LP. Thanks for the Q's and 73 Tom W7WHY Radio 1 TS-450SAT Radio 2 TS-450SAT 80 meter dipole, 40 meter vertical, HB 2-el 20 meter monobander, 15meter dipole, HB 2-el 10 meter monobander. N1MM Logger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA0MHJ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 182,112 It was great to see so many people totally abandon 20 meters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA5ZUP Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,184,072 Well now that was a lot of fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB2RHM/4 Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 546,555 SO1R! 100watts Fun contest, lots of openings and long runs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WJ2D Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 581,490 This was a antenna and radio testing contest for me as I replaced, modified or repaired all my antennas for the upcomming contest season and had to replace the main tuning encoder in mt FT-1000D. I now have 5 elements on 10 and 15 and 4 elements on 20 all stacked on top of a 100' tower. Delta loops on 40 and 80 @ 89' and slopers on 40, 75/80 and 160 @ 89'. Everything worked out well for the 18 or so hours I worked the test. Thanks to all who answered my call! 73 and good dx! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WL7BDO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 12,903 While limited time and working to put my station together for this winters full contest season, had a great time. First time effort at this contest and really new to RTTY contesting over the past year. Learned some new stuff - thanks for those who can give a pointer in 5 seconds! And some of those exchanges when conditions are good on 15M & 10M can be way shortened up. If schedule permits hope to try this one with more time and from the start. 73 Carl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YO9BXC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 37,808 vy nice propagation on 10m !! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YU1BN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,910 73 cu next test. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZC4LI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,604,648 SO2R Antennas:- C/Craft A3S + 40M addon @ 50ft - Titanex 160HD - JBeam Rigs:- 2 x Icom 756 Pro3 Amps:- Acom 1000 - TenTec Herc 2 Software:- Win-Test V4.8 ish Thanks to the organisers and to everyone for the Q's Well what a surprise that was, after working with virtually only 3 bands for the past 8 years it was a bit of a shock to the system having to work on 5 !! I managed to work all JA and stateside mults on 10,15 and 20 with a few on 40 but squat on 80. All bands were still open when I packed it in at around 23Z. Good condx on 40 to 10 but 80 was very noisy. RTTY contesting lends itself to SO2R working much more than CW or SSB, after a bit of practice it is quite easy to interleaf Qso's, it does tend to cut into watching the sport on TV though !! Log is on LoTW and EQsl, for a card please see QRZ.Com 73 Steve. Index of Calls Call: AA3B Class: Single Op HP Call: AB1J Class: Single Op LP Call: AB1OD Class: Single Op LP Call: AB4GG Class: Single Op HP Call: AD5LU Class: Single Op LP Call: AI9T Class: Single Op HP Call: AL9A Class: Single Op HP Call: DJ1OJ Class: Single Op LP Call: DJ3IW Class: Single Op LP Call: DL1ZBO Class: Single Op LP Call: DL4ME Class: Single Op HP Call: EA2WT Class: MOMT LP Call: ES5RY Class: Single Op LP Call: EW1NA Class: Single Op LP Call: F5CQ Class: Single Op HP Call: F5RD Class: Single Op LP Call: GM0FGI Class: Single Op HP Call: GU0SUP Class: Single Op LP Call: HK1T Class: Single Op LP Call: IK1DFH Class: Single Op LP Call: IW1QN Class: Single Op LP Call: K0FX Class: Single Op HP Call: K0KX Class: Single Op LP Call: K1GU/4 Class: Single Op LP Call: K1LT Class: Single Op HP Call: K1XM Class: Single Op LP Call: K2DSL Class: Single Op LP Call: K2PO/7 Class: Single Op LP Call: K2QMF Class: Single Op HP Call: K3FH Class: Single Op LP Call: K3FIV Class: Single Op LP Call: K3TN Class: Single Op HP Call: K4FX Class: Single Op HP Call: K4HAL Class: Single Op HP Call: K4IU Class: Single Op HP Call: K4MGE Class: Single Op HP Call: K4WW Class: Single Op HP Call: K5WW Class: Single Op LP Call: K6LRN Class: Single Op HP Call: K7MKL Class: Single Op LP Call: K7TQ Class: Single Op LP Call: K8MM Class: Single Op HP Call: K9MUG/4 Class: Single Op HP Call: K9NW Class: Single Op HP Call: KA2D Class: Single Op LP Call: KB2HSH Class: Single Op QRP Call: KB3LIX Class: Single Op LP Call: KB3VNH Class: Single Op LP Call: KC2LST Class: Single Op HP Call: KC7V Class: Single Op HP Call: KD5J Class: Single Op HP Call: KE5OG Class: Single Op LP Call: KF6RY Class: Single Op LP Call: KH6GMP Class: Single Op LP Call: KI7Y Class: Single Op HP Call: KJ7NO Class: Single Op LP Call: KL7AC Class: Single Op HP Call: KN3A Class: Single Op LP Call: KP2DX Class: Single Op LP Call: KR2E Class: Single Op LP Call: KS7S Class: Single Op HP Call: KW7N Class: Single Op LP Call: LZ2PL Class: Single Op HP Call: N0KE Class: Single Op HP Call: N1IW Class: Single Op HP Call: N2BJ Class: MOMT HP Call: N2FF Class: Single Op LP Call: N2WN Class: Single Op LP Call: N3FAW Class: Single Op HP Call: N3RC Class: Single Op HP Call: N6BM Class: Single Op HP Call: N6ML Class: Single Op HP Call: N7VEA Class: Single Op LP Call: NA2M Class: Single Op LP Call: NA2U Class: Single Op HP Call: NB4M Class: Single Op HP Call: ND8L Class: Single Op HP Call: NO7T Class: Single Op HP Call: NX5O Class: Single Op HP Call: OG8T Class: Single Op LP Call: OH1F Class: Single Op HP Call: OH4KZM Class: MOMT LP Call: OH8A Class: Single Op HP Call: OZ1ADL Class: Single Op LP Call: RG9A Class: Single Op HP Call: S56A Class: Single Op LP Call: S57AM Class: Single Op LP Call: SM7BHM Class: Single Op LP Call: TF3AO Class: Single Op HP Call: TF3PPN Class: Single Op LP Call: UA5A Class: MOMT HP Call: UN1L Class: Single Op HP Call: US0HZ Class: Single Op LP Call: VA2UP Class: Single Op HP Call: VA7ST Class: Single Op HP Call: VE1OP Class: Single Op HP Call: VE1ZA Class: Single Op LP Call: VE2EBK Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3AJ Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3XAT Class: Single Op LP Call: VE4EAR Class: Single Op HP Call: VE5MX Class: Single Op HP Call: VE6SQ Class: Single Op LP Call: VE7BC Class: Single Op LP Call: VE7IO Class: Single Op HP Call: VK3TDX Class: Single Op HP Call: VY2LI Class: Single Op HP Call: W0LSD Class: Single Op HP Call: W0RAA Class: Single Op LP Call: W1BYH Class: Single Op LP Call: W2ORC Class: MOMT LP Call: W2YC Class: Single Op HP Call: W3BUI Class: Single Op LP Call: W3DQN Class: Single Op LP Call: W3FV Class: Single Op HP Call: W3LL Class: Single Op HP Call: W3MF Class: Single Op HP Call: W4BK Class: Single Op LP Call: W4DXX Class: Single Op HP Call: W4GHD Class: Single Op HP Call: W4GKM Class: Single Op HP Call: W4LC Class: Single Op LP Call: W4UEF Class: Single Op LP Call: W5AP Class: Single Op HP Call: W5JBO Class: Single Op LP Call: W6EU Class: Single Op HP Call: W6WRT Class: Single Op HP Call: W7VXS Class: Single Op LP Call: W7WHY Class: Single Op LP Call: W7WW Class: Single Op HP Call: WA0MHJ Class: Single Op HP Call: WA5ZUP Class: Single Op HP Call: WB2RHM/4 Class: Single Op LP Call: WB5TUF Class: Single Op LP Call: WF7T Class: Single Op LP Call: WJ2D Class: Single Op HP Call: WL7BDO Class: Single Op LP Call: YO9BXC Class: Single Op LP Call: YU1AST Class: MOMT HP Call: YU1BN Class: Single Op LP Call: YU8NU Class: Single Op LP Call: Z36N Class: Single Op HP Call: ZC4LI Class: Single Op LP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: MOMT HP Call: N2BJ Call: UA5A Call: YU1AST Class: MOMT LP Call: EA2WT Call: OH4KZM Call: W2ORC Class: Single Op HP Call: AA3B Call: AB4GG Call: AI9T Call: AL9A Call: DL4ME Call: F5CQ Call: GM0FGI Call: K0FX Call: K1LT Call: K2QMF Call: K3TN Call: K4FX Call: K4HAL Call: K4IU Call: K4MGE Call: K4WW Call: K6LRN Call: K8MM Call: K9MUG/4 Call: K9NW Call: KC2LST Call: KC7V Call: KD5J Call: KI7Y Call: KL7AC Call: KS7S Call: LZ2PL Call: N0KE Call: N1IW Call: N3FAW Call: N3RC Call: N6BM Call: N6ML Call: NA2U Call: NB4M Call: ND8L Call: NO7T Call: NX5O Call: OH1F Call: OH8A Call: RG9A Call: TF3AO Call: UN1L Call: VA2UP Call: VA7ST Call: VE1OP Call: VE4EAR Call: VE5MX Call: VE7IO Call: VK3TDX Call: VY2LI Call: W0LSD Call: W2YC Call: W3FV Call: W3LL Call: W3MF Call: W4DXX Call: W4GHD Call: W4GKM Call: W5AP Call: W6EU Call: W6WRT Call: W7WW Call: WA0MHJ Call: WA5ZUP Call: WJ2D Call: Z36N Class: Single Op LP Call: AB1J Call: AB1OD Call: AD5LU Call: DJ1OJ Call: DJ3IW Call: DL1ZBO Call: ES5RY Call: EW1NA Call: F5RD Call: GU0SUP Call: HK1T Call: IK1DFH Call: IW1QN Call: K0KX Call: K1GU/4 Call: K1XM Call: K2DSL Call: K2PO/7 Call: K3FH Call: K3FIV Call: K5WW Call: K7MKL Call: K7TQ Call: KA2D Call: KB3LIX Call: KB3VNH Call: KE5OG Call: KF6RY Call: KH6GMP Call: KJ7NO Call: KN3A Call: KP2DX Call: KR2E Call: KW7N Call: N2FF Call: N2WN Call: N7VEA Call: NA2M Call: OG8T Call: OZ1ADL Call: S56A Call: S57AM Call: SM7BHM Call: TF3PPN Call: US0HZ Call: VE1ZA Call: VE2EBK Call: VE3AJ Call: VE3XAT Call: VE6SQ Call: VE7BC Call: W0RAA Call: W1BYH Call: W3BUI Call: W3DQN Call: W4BK Call: W4LC Call: W4UEF Call: W5JBO Call: W7VXS Call: W7WHY Call: WB2RHM/4 Call: WB5TUF Call: WF7T Call: WL7BDO Call: YO9BXC Call: YU1BN Call: YU8NU Call: ZC4LI Class: Single Op QRP Call: KB2HSH