WAE RTTY Soapbox built 12-1-2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA5AU Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,783,404 Not a full effort but was able to put in more time than expected. Handling QTCs while SO2R is a real feat, but fun nonetheless. Band conditions were great. I missed some prime time Sunday morning on 10 and 15 because of a commitment, but was able to still work EU on 10 and 15 before the bands went away. Operators have become very proficient in handling QTCs and it's a really great thing. QTCs make this contest one of my favorites. We've come a long way from the day when we typed QTCs live and recorded them on paper and when I used to type QTCs on a separate Heathkit H-89 computer, save them to a file on a floppy and then move the floppy to the H-89 that was running RTTY and send QTCs. Thanks to DARC for sponsoring the contest and thanks to everyone who worked me. It was a lot of fun to see old and new friends on RTTY again. Even George, W1ZT, stopped by to give me some points on a couple of bands. Station: Icom IC-756 PRO III Ameritron Amplifier running 500 watts Dell desktop running XP Pro and WriteLog V11.01C beta & MMTTY plug-in Kenwood TS-870 Ameritron Amplifier running 500 watts Dell laptop running XP Media edition and WriteLog V11.01C & MMTTY plug-in Antennas: 3 element SteppIR with 30/40 loop dipole at 58' KT-34M2 at 40' 80M inverted vee 73, Don AA5AU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA8IA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 63,627 I had originally planned not to operate in this contest this year, mainly because I have already achieved any goals that I had for RTTY. But, a few things caused me to change my mind. (1) It's WAE -- QTCs are fun. (2) The Euro ops are often eager to send/receive QTCs in even the most trying conditions. (3) There is DX to be had. I played very casually. Unfortunately, I had forgotten all about the early/mid afternoon CWOps sessions that I was really excited about on Saturday because I was having fun on 10m RTTY. It always takes me a while to get back into understanding the sending/receiving of QTCs in N1MM. This is only my second year at it. The first station that I accepted QTCs from was DQ4W, who was extremely strong. Two of the QTCs were erroring in N1MM and I couldn't manage to log them. I came to find out later, after reading on the N1MM Yahoo! group, that I could CTRL-SAVE to force a save anyway. One of the errors was on BV100, and the other was on a PA# station I think. At any rate, no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get N1MM to consider the batch sent from DQ4W as error free. And during the process I somehow messed up and lost the whole batch of QTCs, although I had aknowledged with DQ4W that I received them. I was bummed and tried to recreate the QTCs in N1MM, but it kept telling me there were duplicates when I could not find the QTCS anywhere in my log. I am sure I was just misunderstanding what N1MM was trying to tell me. I found it nearly impossible to copy the data from the MTTY screen to save it and recreate the log entries later. [As it turns out you can set MTTY to log to file, which I did after the fact]. So I was feeling pretty defeated and upset with myself that I couldn't manage to get the first batch of QTCs logged. I moved on. I had fun, mostly on 10m. On Sunday I worked PI4W for some QTCs and couldn't get a clean copy on QTC 9/10. While asking for a repeat, suddenly I see that the QTCs I had logged changed to a completely different set of QTCs that I didn't type in. (thinking about it now, I bet somehow i saved the QTCs that I received and then hit CTRL-Z again and had the sending screen up, not realizing it). PI4W was _extremely_ patient. PI4W went as far as to tell me it's supposed to be fun and not to worry about it. During the contest he/she/they were telling me how to go back later in N1MM and fix things. It was great to see the was somebody trying to do well in a contest but who was still willing to be polite and patient and help me fix things. A big thanks to them. Near the tail end I worked another station an was attempting to send them QTCs, but for some reason all of the sudden N1MM wasn't adding a LF/CR on the end of each row of QTCs. They were all jumbled together and not copyable on the DX end. They asked me to try again and the same thing happened. I apologized and then said I could recieve their QTCs if they had any. They did, and they successfully sent me a batch of 10. So in the end nothing was lost except a little time. I didn't bother trying to send another batch of QTCs to anyone because I didn't want the same thing to happen again. I ended up having 100 QTCs left to send but couldnt find anyone to send them to that I hadn't already worked. My apologies to those whose time I wasted. I finished up an hour or two before the end. I had a great time. Thanks to DARC for putting on such a fun contest. I'll actually go so far as to say that the WAE RTTY and CW contests are the best contests. Thanks to all of the ops who worked me, and especially those who had to waste time when things were broke on my end. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB1OD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 251,715 That was fun. Shame I didn't hear more copyable stations on 80m. Rig is an Icom 7000, ran 90 watts into a Carolina Windom at 20m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE1T Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 494,640 Personal best in WAE RTTY. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AJ4FM Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 17,441 First time on 15 during a major contest and it was good. Worked several JAs and also Zone 19 with the HF-9V Vertical. All in all I had a lot of fun for my 5 hours. Thanks to all I worked. Cheers....David, AJ4FM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AL9A Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 585,206 This was a great contest! Lots of fun on 10M and 15M with steady pile ups to keep up the pace. Finally getting the handle on receiving QTCs despite a glitch in my logger's receive tool. The feature to request a fill didn't work and I had to key in fill requests. By the time I figured out the problem, pilot error again, I only received two more QTC packets and didn't need to get fills on those. Figures! Unfortunately this was the last WAE contest until next year. Hope the band conditions contiune until then! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DD1A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 1,172,376 After the CQWW our second RTTY-Contest. After we get used to the QTC-procedure with our sofware we had fun with it. Unfortunately one OP couldn�'t participate throug desease and one sprained his foot on Sunday wen he was making some sports in his offtime. Fortunately Murphy didn�'t visit our eguipment and al run as it shoud. Tanks to al who had called us and had been patient with the QTC-exchange. 73s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DJ4EY Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 26,532 Testing the condx 10m! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL1IAO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 4,115,529 Radio A: IC756Pro3(INRAD) + Alpha87A Radio B: IC756Pro3(INRAD) + IC4KL TopTen decoders, WX0B bandpass filters & homebrew 2R-switching WT v3.27.1 / MMTTY on 2x HP Omnibook XE3 another 2 Omnibooks running HAL DXP38's in receive only (80) Bobtail (NW/SE), Delta Loop, DP @10m (40) 3el M2 Yagi @20m (linear-loaded), DP @10m (20) 5el M2 Yagi @27m (15) 5el Yagi @25m (10) 6el Yagi @24m (sharing tower with 40m) Off-Times: Sat 00:00-04:50 -> 04:50 Sat 23:28-06:10 -> 06:42 Sun 11:32-12:01 -> 00:29 Thanks to DARC, the propagation gods and the RTTY community for making my first ever WAEDC RTTY such a fun weekend! Every time I enter a RTTY contest I'm delighted by the friendship and excellent operating style of most operators. I wish WinTest had more keys left to program some "73" and "TNX" messages! 4 computers? That's right, darling. One for each eye of the DL1IAO mutant ;-) I expected less QTCs in RTTY but most people seemed to handle them and they were almost as much fun as on CW. Being able to send them was a nice option when the other station was too weak for a reliable copy. The high bands were the place to be for QTCs and at the beginning I almost skipped 40/80 except for some multipliers. WinTest was stable and easy to use as usual, even though I used a really outdated version. Time to upgrade the old contesting notebooks. Being called by AH2J (40m), AH0BW (10m), FO5QB (20m), KH6 (15-40m), KL7 (15-40m) and several VK/ZLs was a real treat. However, it was not less thrilling to work some weak EU multipliers on scatter, and I want to thank MW0CRI, GU0SUP, EI3GC and LX1TI (to name just a few) for their patience to complete the QSO. DL3TD was missed in the QTCs. 73, Stefan DL1IAO@contesting.com http://www.dl1iao.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EO3Q Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,334,592 Worked only 32 hours out of 36 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EU1AZ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,491,390 CU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F5RD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 396,030 This was a great contest. Lots of fun on 10, 15 and 20m. QTCs make this contest one of the most interesting. Thanks to all who worked me. Rig is an Icom 751AF, ran 80 watts into a 2x20m dipole on 80/40m, a Ground Plane on 20m and a vertical Loop on 15 and 10m. See you again in 2012. F5RD Bernard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: FM5CD Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,347,872 I had fun, now I know how to transmit QTCs ... but I still have to learn how to receive them. Thanks to all of you. 73's Michel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GM0FGI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,098,582 Conditions here down slightly on recent weeks, but still good on all bands.Did not work many JA's. Beginning to get to grips with QTC's, thanks to N1MM, apologies to those I caused problems, had one computer crash and a number of operator errors and QRM particularly on 40m. Thanks for all contacts and QTCs, and to 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 = 692,909 Excellent, and some new band-slots too, so all in all, a good contest for me. I did aim to make 700 QSO's and 700 QTC's for 700k points, but fell a bit short. My log will appear on LoTW (eventually), but paper cards are always welcome. 73 all Phil GU0SUP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IC8TEM Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 758,160 Everything went as I've always wished: good propagation on all bands, many people calling and listening, the healthy anger that arises from spontaneous competition with myself, etc... etc... etc... My rig in this contest was: K3 + HF-6V + AL-811 (this time turned on, just for understanding how's the difference between big contest, CQWW RTTY, without PA, and less big contest, WAE RTTY, with PA) + N1mm + MMTTY. The final thought is that I need to improve my skill to move around bands, because I think that I can reach 1M points in 30h, and 1.3M pts in 36h. When many years ago I saw my neighbour playing with QTC's, I thought that was a horrible thing, because he remembered me that QTC's are exchanged also in CW and SSB legs of WAEDC ctest, and he told me to beware to QTC exchange, expecially in CW, when you need to pay attention to your signal, and don't confuse with nearby signals. Last year I started to practice with QTC's (and maybe I'm in the top-ten of QTC exchanged in 2010 RTTY WAE contest), this year I continued to practice during SSB leg, so now I can assure that I love QTC: at 21th hour of my contest, a 10-QTC exchange made me earn around 10 thousand points, when a qso was only 100 points, and a qso with new multiplier only 300 pts. Maybe, if I have operated for 36h and in 80m, I could reach 1M points easily. @VE7CC: I read many times your notes about 40mt operation, but I can assure that your signal was really stunning here, as also KH6ZM. My pleasure will be to have qso with you, or with VE7SV in 80mt soon. I'm a little bit disappointed to have been unlucky and didn't have qso with ZM2B and KL7 stations in 10mt; I will try next times (when I will have time for contests, during university-time breaks), because I'm only a little pistol who does not surrender, and try, try and try until I reach the qso: this is the secret for reaching nice DX and nice scores in contest. See you soon (maybe I will skip CQWW CW and ARRL 10m, due to university duties), but I'm happy to close 2011 with many participations in big and less big contests. My greetings to all readers and all people who had qso with me. I remember that my QSL route is via QRZ.com 73's de Costy IC8TEM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IK1DFH Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 127,568 73" De Roby ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IW1AYD Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,453,140 TU to all for this great contest. Well, several technical problems in the first bunch of hours from the start made uneasy to fully operate the contest as I planned, SO2R on a single PC. Anyway I was lucky to have had the possibility to resurrect half of the station and to work quite flawlessly with it. Also much more lucky to solve some other problems, "where is that damned mouse(!)", that plague any station rebuilt on the fly. Those small ferrite cores are really the cure to stop quite every lazy mouse and more. I was much more lucky to find a bunch of nice peoples that keep up answering several times on the noisy 40 e 80 meters. The second night I almost sleep due to this. Great contest, nice peoples and a lot of lessons to learn: what's better? I liked a lot to QTC formula and as Don AA5AU last year caught me quite unable to work out a QTC transfer, this year I have gone back to school before the WAE. I have had interesting evenings of simulations, both RX & TX of QTC's. It was easy as I was also testing new toys and macros for the SO2R. Happy to have had an examination by Don again and that everything seems to be gone on the right way. Don would you check please? This year also I went in a QTC exchange with somebody really in trouble with QTC's and I was really happy to stop it all and try with him in another way. We succeeded! Great thing learning together. So my SO2R HP faults went on as a gain for another guy at last, that's great for me. The prop wasn't so good as it was for the WPX RTTY and for the CQWW SSB. It maybe that the number of operators on air wasn't so large as then. But it was much better than for the Makrothen, the second half of this last was a nightmare on highers bands. The end was on 40m, with peoples exchanging QTC until late. BTW in the two fields of the I don't like QTC's and I like QTC I will stay in second one I like a lot this mechanism. Even if the post contest work is more unpleasant. TU to the WAEDC staff for the effort to come, now we have to wait almost a year to have again ours half of the fun. TU ALL & 73 de iw1ayd Salvo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IW1QN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 874,368 I still verify my Log. I'm not satisfied for the Results. Some problem with Contest Software. CU in Next Test. 73 de IW1QN Federico. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0TI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 627,882 Guess Write Log doesn't output the points field. Anyway had fun. Good conditions. Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0YQ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 75,460 Nice conditions and the QTCs make this a really fun format. Made QSOs between chores and 70MPH wind gusts played havoc with the swr. Thank you DARC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2DSL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 540,330 Great fun - excellent conditions. Really enjoy the QTCs. 100w, wire antennas, 1 radio and a whole weekend of fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3TN Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 143,010 I was putting a replacement VFO A encoder in my K3, so mainly operated to test that out and got hooked since conditions were so good. Each time I do WAE I grok QTCs a bit more, and figure out a bit more how to use the new features in N1MM that make it easy, but I should have read the rules - took me a while to figured out that in RTTY non-EU can receive QTCs, etc. Had a few decoding oddities: stations would appear to be sending character strings like WPP for their serial number. I'd ask for a repeat and get WPP back. I just logged it what way, and then hung around - for the next station, they sent WPU or some close but different character string. I went to the rules - didn't see anything about secret bonus stations, so I assume I will just lose those Qs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4EDI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 39,721 Got the hang of the QTC exchange and it is nice to see the point total increase after you log those! Still had a few to send, but no takers as the contest ended. Had fun and will be playing SS and CQWW CW with our local club in Bristol. We have really garnered some consistent activity and interest in the contesting aspect of the hobby. Happy Thanksgiving all! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4FX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 821,978 Great contest, this is one of my favorites. I really enjoy the QTC traffic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4MGE Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 359,128 I had a real good time but after I learned how to QTC I really had more fun. Learning something new is also an exciting thing. Thanks all for the contacts. 73s Wayne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4RO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 607,458 Fun contest. The bands were always open to somewhere, whenever I could get on the air. This is probably the most RTTY contacts I've ever made on 10M. I was even prompted to build another interface to replace the fried one on the second radio. Didn't do a lot of SO2R, as I didn't finish building the second interface until Sunday afternoon. Forgot how great RTTY is for SO2R software timing practice. I enjoyed sending as well as *receiving* QTC's in the RTTY version. What was it that grandma said? "Tis easier to send, than to receive," or something like that. I still had a lot of unsent QTCs at the end, as I could not find enough takers. Lots of fun and some interesting strategy decisions, especially with QTC traffic only permitted between continents. CU in SS SSB and CQWW CW! 73, Kirk K4RO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7HP Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 297,920 First try at WAE-RTTY - lots to learn. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7IA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 503,010 Great conditions, great antennas, and lots of operators made for a lot of action. Unfortunately, radios here weren't the cat's meow--K3 still in the shop; Ten Tec Omni-6's RTTY offset fixed at 2125 (mark), a tone I can no longer hear;, so the ICOM 706 got the nod. While it functions as an FSK RTTY (and has low freq tone offset), it isn't really a RTTY rig. It's RIT knob has a "clicking" action (keeping it in place during mobile ops), very unsatisfactory for RTTY tuning (and there is a lot of tuning needed for the majority of ops!). I both started late and quit early on Friday evening. Sat AM found me kludging some commands that N1MM could send to the '706 to make VFO-B into a rudimentary RIT for Run mode (but not S&P). It worked, but it wasn't like operating a K3! Here's a RTTY tip badly needed by most operators: to make parsing incoming text easier (both by eye and by N1MM, as it attempts to find your callsign), begin and end EVERY line of macro text you send with a space character. This includes your callsign macro. That means every line of text you send should begin in the second "clean" column. The junk characters that invariably appear in columns 1-3 (due to the soundcard's processing of the audio decay from the previous transmission) will be separated from your transmission by a leading space. My soundcard's favorite junk character is "V." Thus, for those ops who send my callsign without a leading space, N1MM usually parses it as "VK7IA," a very nice mult, indeed, which subsequently junks up the Grab Window. For those who transmit their callsigns only twice, with neither a leading nor a trailing space, N1MM cannot parse out ANY callsign, prompting a request for a repeat. Get to know this digi mode and its mechanical origin--it has little resemblance to either a typewriter or a word processor! Lastly, a little trick I tried for the first time to (help) supress the aggressiveness of pileup operators who call and call without paying attention to the flow of an ongoing exchange: I manually typed "PSE--DX CODE OF CONDUCT--ONLY ONLY TNX" That silenced the pile, except for ! More than that, the pile let me work all of them, one at a time, and it proceeded with an unusually great rate. I now have a mcaro key programmed with this message. That it worked is an indicator of the effectiveness of the outreach and acceptance of the DX Code of Conduct, created by Randy, W6SJ, and a host of other players. Significantly, DARC, among other contesting and DX associations, has embraced and is promoting the Code. If you are unfamiliar with it, then please check it out: www.dx-code.org Thanks not only for the QSOs but the QTCs. Last year, many ops refused them, but this year, refusal was a rare event. N1MM Logger makes it unbelievably simple to increase your point count! Oh yes, despite N1MM's color code for callsigns that can accept QTCs, I tried to send more than a second batch of ten. To those ops, I apologize and promise to send them next year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7MKL Class: M/S HP Total Score = 152,760 I had visions of 550+ Q's at 1630Z on 11/13. Ten was in fantastic condition and I had some QTCs under my belt. QTC is intimidating but I finally worked up the nerve to try when signals from EU got to S9+. Then my Mom told me she needed to go to the hospital ER...that was it for the WAE RTTY! A couple of things: Why did a few stations insist on sending their NR in SE fashion...i.e.: WIY for 286. Made no sense to me. I did not figure it out until well after the first station did it to me...he'll find that were a NIL for him. Afterward I started entering the numbers but don't know if that was proper since numbers are NOT what we received. Also, both of us had runs going on 20 meters, me on Friday at 14.103 and my XYL on Saturday at 14.098. In both cases, after having run for some time, a loud digital signal (non-RTTY) appeared with a nearly continuous signal in an obvious QRM attempt. We both assiduously avoided known digital mode frequencies but some of these guys are obviously wanting to stake out more spectrum and have NO regard for anyone else. This is a good reason why I object so strongly to consolidation of RTTY/digital in single ARRL awards! Regardless, both my XYL (K7MKL) and I had a hoot with our new antenna and tower on 20/15/10 and will be back next year. Jack, W6NF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7XC Class: M/S HP Total Score = 73,902 Fun Contest! Good Conditions, Nice to work many EU on 28 Mhz! 73s from Nevada! Station Info; K3, IC-2KL, 250W Out, N1MM Logger 10M: 4 ele yagi up 30 feet 15M: 4 ele yagi up 40 feet 20M: 3 ele yagi up 40 feet 40M: 1/4 Vert W/elevated Radials (6'), Inv vee 35' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9NR Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,215,270 Lots of fun...Great propagation! First time I used QTC's. What a revelation! You can increase your score by nearly 50 percent by exchanging QTC's. Yaesu FTdx5000D Alpha 87A Writelog 73, Don K9NR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9OM Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,779,360 A really fun contest! My first time receiving QTC's and I really enjoyed it. Really great to hear 10-meters open. Hope to CU next year! 73, Dick- K9OM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB2HSH Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 12,210 I wasn't expecting a RTTY contest this weekend. I was happily working DX via 10m JT65a on Saturday morning, when I heard the "deedle-deedle-deedle" of RTTY. It's worse than a drug for me. So...I fired up the OTHER rig, and played on (mostly) 10 meters. Great fun. Thanks to all for working me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB4KBS Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,848 I love RTTY contests but was very constrained with my time for this event. I planned to only operate 3:00 on Saturday evening (and even that unexpected window was a pleasant surprise), but found myself with 90 minutes on Sunday afternoon. I think I have finally figured out the QTC thing with N1MM, but didn't have a chance to try it out. N1MM did crash on me at least three times in mid-QSO and so I have three hams who are NIL. By the time I got the software up and running again, they were gone. All were while I was in a running mode and using ESM. I probably hit a wrong key or in some other way scrambled the program, but darned if I know what I did. I worked lots of Europeans, but don't know if I landed any new ones in my quest to finally get DXCC after 27 years. We shall see Station: Kenwood TS-450SAT RigBlaster Plus G5RV at 30' N1MM KB4KBS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KH6GMP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,268 Ten meters only. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO7AA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 215,600 I started out late Saturday afternoon, just trying to get a new USB based computer/SO2R/radio system going. Still some major things to work on :((( I woke up Sunday to a cool, gray, rainy day in the desert! That was a sign to turn the radio on again. Everyone had QTC's to give me, that's always fun. N1MM seemed to be counting the mults different than the rules stated, my score above is what the screen said..... 73, Bill KO7AA in Tucson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KS0M Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 144,100 First contest since June 27, 2011 and it was great to be back into RTTY. N1MM/MMTTY worked fine except for a few glitches. Could not open QTC S/R window two times. Was sending QTC once and the send stopped on the 2nd call and I had to exit N1MM to get it working again. The worst op was the one who sent his QTC's printed out like you would type a note. Was difficult to seperate and put in the QTC log. He needs to use. I hope to be back next year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KU1T Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,050,246 That was fun ! Had to learn on the fly what a QTC is, and how to send/receive them. In the background was kitchen upgrade, DOA dishwasher, XYL, and very good band conditions. Thanks for all the QSO/QTC - it was my first forray into WAE contests, and I will be back:-). Setup of FTDX5000 + Quadra + 2 F12 beams worked without nicely. vy 73, de KU1T _zjt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KX7L Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,740 Very limited time to operate, as I burned up my "home contest credits" on SSCW last weekend. But always fun! I probably missed the peak into Europe on 10 in the mornings. Next year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LT0H Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,300,456 HI Tnx to all QSO�'s and QTC.s 73 Juan LT0H (op LU3HY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0KE Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 394,050 I hope I got the score sheet right with the QTCs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1IW Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 658,502 Well that was fun! Most serious RTTY effort to date. Mixed chair time in with fall yard cleanup and tower work. Didn't figure out the QTC protocol until fairly late, but discovered N1MM really makes it simple. Thanks go to Mark (W1MAW) for giving me the QTC tutorial, and the N1MM team for a great software package. What a hoot! Basically met my goals of 100 Qs per band minimum and finally cracking the QTC nut. Will definitely be a regular player in this one. Best 73 and CU all in the next one. //Mike, N1IW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2CU Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 527,065 It's so nice having 10m back. I'm glad I took time last week to replace the broken 1st director element on the beam. K3, L7 @ 750w, TH6DXX, 40m slopers, 80m 1/2 sloper, N1MM, MMTTY. 73, Tom N2CU <>< K3 #3582 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2FF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 585,574 Sunday morning was even better than Saturday on 10 meters. I found a hole around 28082 that was good for almost an hour before I was squeezed out. I ran and sent and received QTC like a mad man. I had in all 38 QSOs in the log and 150 QTC 46 minutes later. Unfortunately I could not stay as there was a Hudson Division Awards Luncheon in NJ and I needed to see some of my friends get honored. It took me less than an hour to get there but the trip home was a horror as a ramp was closed to one bridge onto LI and the alternate bridge was closed both ways for a Bat Man film shoot. Up until then I had always thought Bat Man was a good guy. I had counted on two hours op time before the contest ended. That became 45 minutes. But it did net some 34 QSOs and 20 QTCs on 40 meters into the log. It was my second highest hour rate. Booo for Bat Man..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2WK Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,178,811 Fun, Fun, Fun, till your Daddy takes the QTC's (T-Bird) away. Missed 12 hours of prime time Saturday because I was at our club station W2ORC helping members learn and get on RTTY. Thanks for all Q's and both logs are on LOTW, 73, Wayne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2WN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 105,170 Had limited time, so played on and off mostly on 10. Trying to get a better feel for CQWW and add entities while I can... Some of the pileups were gnarly, to say the least, timing was horrible in some cases (SO2R newbies maybe) and too many were sending calls 5 to 8 times. We need some way to help new, and old, players understand that short(er) calls make things go smoother. Listen to the "pros" and learn, heck just listen once in a while. There were several people so obnoxious (fade to memories of "Animal House") that I decided to move rather than deal with them. Seriously a bunch of good operators overall and many new calls added to the log. All QSOs uploaded to LoTW and eQSL. See you in CQWWDX CW, maybe in SSSSB too. Best of the Season to all. 73, Julius n2wn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4CW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 105,481 100 Watts to a K3!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6HE Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 330,456 26 hours BIC, 500W and dipoles up 25'. Can you spell "s-l-o-g"? REALLY like this contest - great format - thanks, DARC! A ZL3 said QRV for QTC's... it went slow, then he said he hand-copied them somewhere....bet he didn't do THAT again! Had a blast..thanks to everyone for the Q's, 73, Ray N6HE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6ML Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 831,680 K3, KPA500, 103BA, EF415, 204BA, XM240, 80m Inv-L Not really serious effort, and a few murphy-strikes, including a couple of power glitches (causing computer to reboot), then a prolonged power outage, which occurred in the middle of sending a batch of QTCs (sorry, UA0C!). Was operating remote most of the time, but went up the hill during the power outage to install a UPS, and operated there for a while. Played with QTCs for the first time - kinda fun! Hard to find anyone (AS/OC) to take them in the afternoons, though. N1MM Logger presented a few "challenges" with QTC mode. Heard reports of this from other ops too. Good condx into EU on 10m. Other bands so-so. Good condx to JA also, but lack of activity due to JIDX SSB, I'm sure. SO2R would have been a "must" for a serious effort in this one! By the time I'd worked 10m somewhat dry, 15m was already dying too. 20m seemed fairly poor most of the time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8HM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 3,498 Rig - Yaesu FT-817ND Antenna - AlexLoop Walkham Portable Magnetic Loop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NC5O Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 98,100 Had a lot of fun, First for QTC's Russell NC5O ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OF150M Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 249,600 Just for FUN.. Activity new special call OF150M Raahe Museum 150 years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH4KZM Class: M/S LP Total Score = 48,190 Just having fun with Jukka OH4MFA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OM5M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,984,408 This contest was totally new to us. We had no practice in taking and giving QTC's. The first night we didn't give nor take any QTC's, because we were afraid, but the next day, we tried it, and realized it wasn't that hard. On the contrary, it was actually fun!! You get a lot of QSOs in an extremely short period of time. HI The number of QSOs was increasing rapidly until Sunday night. As we were only two OPs since Saturday morning and our friend who came to help was the whole day at work, we all fell asleep like Sleeping beauties! HI We missed just about 3 hours, but we would have needed them at the end. Last half an hour we were very close to 3.000.000 points, but unfortunately our log got stuck at receiving some QTCs :D To sum up, we had a couple of blue screens, very little sleep but it was a great contest. Surely we will repeat it next year, hopefully with more OPs. See you next time on air!! Miska, OM4CX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ON4BHQ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 883,857 I had to skip the 2010 edition, so after 2 years I had to regain the QTC knowledge. After little time I got it back, but sometimes N1MM is not helping me out when you receive a "suspect" callsign. The chance you mess things up is great at that moment. Anyhow, I'd managed as you can see in my score. Very nice propagation especially on 10m, as this had been so for the last weeks. For me, it's a nice score, and I enjoyed it all again. Nothing more to say. See you in CQWW CW, where I will only do some S&P as OQ4B Setup: FT2000 Optibeam OBW 10-5 Dipole for 40/80 m microKEYER II N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OZ1ADL Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 124,350 Just playing around with the QTCs on the high bands, in my spare time after a fantastic JIDX- contest on 10 m http://lists.contesting.com/_3830/2011-11/msg01364.html QTCs are FUN on RTTY ! vy 73 de Jan, OZ1ADL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PP1CZ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 310,368 My first WAE RTTY Contest, and my second RTTY Contest ever. That was great, and the propagation was very good all the time, mostly on 10 Meters Band. The fact that RTTY we caan exchange QTCs freely to transmit or receive, made the Contest even better. Enjoyed every QSO. Thank you all that made or tryied to contact me. Hope next time I can have much more QSOs. See you in two weeks in the CQWW CW Contest. Best 73 from PP1CZ - Leo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S51MA Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 80,838 I just learned how to passing traffic with QTC. Instructions from GU0SUP very helpful to me. Tnx Phil! 73 de Zlatko - S51MA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S53M Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 26,398 This was a short one. 73 until next time Miha / S51FB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S56A Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,227,248 Operated high power with a lot of CQ and QTC sent. FO5QB made my day answering 20 m run to the North on midday Sunday. Thanks USA for accepting a lot of QTC. Lot of DL EU activity even on radio :-) N1MM Logger RTTY operation detoriates with traditional QTC mess-up. I hate to lose entry callsign by program action. Bandmap and Available windows useless while I try hard to program CW/RTTY robot! UE DE MARIO, S56A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SO9G Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 582,335 Kenwood TS850s, dipole and vertical. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TF3AO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 160,732 Been a long time since I worked so many on all 3 bands. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: US0HZ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 386,435 RIG: FT 2000 ANT: 1/2 Vertical romb 162m long 40m hign 73 Stan US0HZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UT0U Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,688,000 With the computers problems,could not recieve qtc full time.Anyway,enjoyed SO2R very much! Many thanks to Alexandr,UT7UV,for let me use his big station. UT5UDX,Serge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA2UP Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,431,199 Still my favorite contest. Everybody seems very imaginative in finding ways to ask for qtc. From TX-RX QTC? to HOW ABOUT SOME QTC? or U LIKE QTC? I couldn't resist and sent ...: I LOVE THEM!hi It was another fun contest filled with action. Conditions showed obviously a big improvement from past years and the scores clearly show that. I found somehow that there were more stations this year refusing qtc traffic. That's too bad. Next time prepare in advance and practice some, there is wonderful sofware out there to make things easy for you. The boys have been working hard to provide top notch loggers...maybe we should use them?? Thanks DARC and the crazy rtty contest gang for sharing 2 wonderful days together. Until next year... 73, Fabi va2up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3PC Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 26,460 Data cables, coax cables, low pass filters, everything broke this contest! See you in the next one (fully repaired I hope), 73 Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7KO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 708,440 The other contester in the house took my spot in front of the radio, so I couldn't operate as much as I wanted to. However, I still had fun. Thanks to all in my log. 73, Koji VA7KO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7ST Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 730,616 * FT-2000 (FT-920 second radio for 80/40 Friday night) * N1MM Logger + MMTTY * 3-ele. Steppir at 27' * 40M Steppir dipole at 27' * 40M 2-element quad (N-S) * 80M 2 x elevated verticals (E-W) * Short beverage -- 270' (E-W) 2011: SFI= 168 | A= 1 | K= 0 (flux fell to 155 by the end) Had a great time. No lowlights, all highlights. Except for the loss of the strong polar path by mid-morning here. Didn't expect to put in as much time as I did (31 hrs) but conditions were so good, who could stay away on a cold, blustery weekend? Passed my previous best by 0200z on Saturday afternoon, and kept going. Ended up more than doubling my 2009 all-time best of 268,000 points. Not my doing, though. It has been a long time since 15M and 20M were like this. On Sunday morning 10M was blissfully quiet and Europeans were loud. Didn't last long. Same on 15M and 20M as I walked down the bands -- great for a while then just okay for the rest of the day. QSO QTC Mults First day: 404 190 378 Second day: 457 300 164 New 40M quad to Europe worked very well, though running 100W LP didn't make things easy. Heard many, many more mults than I was able to work. Can hardly wait for CQWW CW. -- Bud VA7ST http:www.va7st.ca/home.html http:www.orcadxcc.org Year QSO QTC Mults Score --------------------------------- 2011: 858 490 542 730,616 LP 31 hrs 2010: 390 150 299 161,161 LP 16 hrs 2009: 584 190 347 268,578 LP 24 hrs 2008: 346 120 215 100,190 < HP 11 hrs 2007: 511 170 318 216,876 < HP 19 hrs 2006: 431 70 218 93,958 2005: 452 159 259 158,249 2004: 311 117 198 84,744 2003: 113 109 120 26,640 2002: 251 40 186 54,126 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3RCN Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 8,208 Enjoyable. Ran 45 watts. I had to use one computer for sending/receiving and then the laptop for logging with N1MM. I still can not get N1MM to configure with a RASCAL and my Kenwood 2000. So, I had to have the bandwidth wide open...lots of signals in the passband. I hope to retire my Windows 98 machine in December and get the families outdated WIN XP dual core machine for the hamshack. See you in the SS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE4EAR Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 828,843 Missed big chunks of time due to other family obligations. 10m was great Sunday morning but only so-so Saturday morning.40m was poor Friday night and slightly better late Saturday night. Just didn't get enough time on 20 to see how it played. QTC's are great score builder but sure horrible to listen to while waiting in a pileup. for someone else to finish. Maybe next year it can be a full effort. See everyone in the SSB SS next weekend! Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7CC Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,433,942 Wow, that was really a busy contest. Nice to see the bands open to Europe. The problem being so far west is that when 10 is just opening from here to Europe, the band is already closing in eastern Europe. You have to be fast to get the mults before they are gone. 15 is a bit better. Really difficult to tx/rx QTCs when you know the band is opening and closing at the same time. I tried my best, but still ended up with a large number of unsent QTCs. Even exchanged some QTCs on 40 with Europe. That is amazing. 40 was amazing. European antenna on 40 is a wire Moxon at 60 ft, hanging between some trees. See you in CQ WW CW as VE7SV multi op. Also in CQ WW CW may be CE2/VE7SV. Work both of us! Lee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE9DX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 180,730 Spent the first part of the contest on CW working my OK/OM friends in their contest. Finally got going shortly after 12:00 Sunday with just a couple contacts in the log earlier. This is my first activity on RTTY in some time except for a couple of contacts. Hopefully this will change as my replacement radio is to arrive later today. (Fot those that did not know I took a lightning hit June 12) For those that asked for QTC - I really hated to pass on the offers. Normally I would be more than happy to send / receive them. There were several behind the scene issue that came up this weekend. In order to get on at all, I had to use 2 computers as the sound card in the main computer only worked for sending data - not receive thus used my travel laptop for receive with a different program...! Another issue when sending QSO numbers... they would come out at letters often. Not fun... (Thank to all that put up with my issues and to those that requested QTC's - next time for sure.) Its good to be back... 73 Andy (VE9DX) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY2LI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 113,848 A few hours here and there.Condx seemed great on Saturday.Thanks to DARC for one of my favourite contests.Maybe next year I can stay in the chair longer.73,Bill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0LSD Class: M/S HP Total Score = 1,486,845 Cruising along having a good time and 28 hours into contest we loose electrical power for 14 hours, for first time in 41 years at this QTH. Micro-burst 80-100 mph winds knocked down power poles close to QTH (and screwed up my antennas). End of contest! Finally got the hang of QTCs, asking about everybody I could copy for QTCs! QTCs sure add another diminsion to scoring. Lots of fun even though we could only participate in half the contest. RIGS: 2- 756PRO3, Alpha 91b, ACOM 1000, WL and laptops networked. ANT: C-39 (40-10), 10 mtr yagi @35', 3 ele STEPPIR @ 50', C3E @50 on JA. 73- Ken and Bob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1TO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 250,880 Multipliers reflect the band multiplier per N1MM scoring. 100 watts on 10 and 15, 400 watts on 20 and 40. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1UJ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 49,155 Band Q/QTC QSOs Pts Mlt 7 QSO 143 143 123 7 RQTC 100 100 0 7 SQTC 53 53 0 14 QSO 15 15 22 14 RQTC 10 10 0 14 SQTC 18 18 0 Total All 339 339 145 Score: 49,155 I am not sure of the scoring, Trusting N1MM logger. Wanted to make sure the true FSK was working out of the YCCC SO2R+ Box. And it works well. Jay W1UJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2YC Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 854,120 Only the badgering for QTCs when I was running was annoying. Ax the whole QTC thing! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3LL Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,567,734 SO1R, SO1V MonstIR, 80M 4-SQ, K3, Alpha 9500, N1MM + MMTTY all worked well. Ten meters never quit and added much to last year's score. Spent Sunday cashing in on QTC's. 73, Bud W3LL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4EE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 7,952 TS-440S G5RV N1MM logger Tnx for the Qs 73, Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5DQ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 90,228 Never worked WAE test before so didn't figure out how to do the QTC's after the test was over. Propagation was a bit down from recent days but still good. Managed to get Saudi Arabia as an all time new one on RTTY. 73 to all Gene W5DQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6RLL Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 22,350 Nice to see 10 Meters active again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6SX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 248,488 K3, ACOM 2000A, wire antenna at 46 feet with Matchboxes, MMTTY, N1MM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6YX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 304,704 What a fun contest !! Thanks to the folks at DARC for making this more of an international focus, rather than just EU. First time taking part in this event a very casual and part time effort spent. Did not open into the contest until late in the morning on Saturday PST, mostly in part to maintaining domestic tranquility (Date-nite on Friday [Sat UTC] :-) After sorting out which rig/computer to use at the club shack and finally getting it to work RTTY, we settled down to figure this out. First part of the event was spent learning about the QTC exchange and how the logging software supported it. Once I got over that hurdle, we were off to the races. I was impressed by the quality of signals on the high bands coming into the US west coast from EU and enjoyed the fine contacts and exchanges they offered. Thanks for all the Qs and spots. 73 de N6DB @ W6YX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6ZL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 55,145 FT-1000MP MARK-V KT-34M2 @ 30 ft. HF-2V Inv. L 55 ft. V x 75 ft. H N1MM V11.11.1 /73 Dave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WHY Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 13,328 No Time. Too much 'honey do' stuff this weekend. 73 Tom W7WHY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8OHT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 72,610 W4MYA called by phone and helped me finally get some QTC's (40), my first WAE RTTY contest. Used ESM mode during CQ's, which I liked quite a lot. Recent coil-tap changes reduced reflections back from amplifier on last two bands having high SWR problems. Now the K-3 (without optional tuner) drives the amplifier to its full KW capability on all six bands. Its a homebrewed 4-1000A amplifier that has an LC tuned input circuit switched in for each band (RF enters tube at the Filament terminals). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8TA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 659,976 First RTTY contest since my Model 15 broke in 1978. Things have changed since then. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB2COY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 63,000 50 Watts into G5RV or Inverted Vee on 15/10 Meters. Once again a nice challenge to work QTCs and an interesting change of pace from other contests. Thanks to all who worked me, and I could possibly pick up 3 new DXCC countries! Bob - WB2COY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB2RHM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 465,696 First attempt to bring up an SO2R system. 1- Orion + 1- Kenwood TS-450SA/T. N1MM and a Compaq Laptop. Score was not as good as in the past when I ran balls-out with a SO1R setup........ but I'll get better each time going forward.... won't use SO2R all the time, just experimenting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB4MSG Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,043,785 Great contest. I took down my 10 meter antenna for some repair so i just put up a single quad loop at 25 feet. Its good to the bands so open. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB8YYY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 79,806 Still learning RTTY craft. I fumbled a few QTC's but finally got the routine down. K2 running 50 watts, 2 element triband yagi and vertical. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WE4M Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,629,220 Boy is it great to have 10M back! More Qs, Mults and QTCs than last year. Bet some records will fall this year. Happiness is getting to send qtcs while getting something to eat, drink, or clean up spills. 2 K3's KT34A at 60 ft, 3 el Steppir at 48 ft 40M rotary dipole at 54 ft 80M dipole at 50 ft Even with the high duty cycle of qtcs, with the extra fan on the K3, their PA temp never got above 43 degrees. I did have a bad crimp on a coax cable that showed up mid Sunday and my logging skills deteriorated about the same time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WU6W Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 25,620 I had to work most of the contest but managed 6 hours of FUN ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WY3P Class: M/S HP Total Score = 127,100 We started slow with lots of technical problems but had fun in the last several hours collecting QTCs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: Z37M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,903,151 Most of our members were busy, so we were just 3 op's. We work only with one radio, no multiplier station, and had some problems with PA's. Other wise, nice fun except the same disappointing messages from most of DX stations like last years in this contest "sorry no QTC'S" HI ... Anyway thanks to all for qso's and see you all in CQ WW CW contest !!! 73 de Z37M team Index of Calls Call: 5B4AIF Class: Single Op HP Call: AA5AU Class: Single Op HP Call: AA5VU Class: Single Op LP Call: AA8IA Class: Single Op LP Call: AA8LL Class: Single Op HP Call: AB0LR Class: Single Op LP Call: AB1OD Class: Single Op LP Call: AB4GG Class: Single Op HP Call: AB4SF Class: Single Op LP Call: AD4EB Class: Single Op HP Call: AD5LU Class: Single Op LP Call: AE1T Class: Single Op HP Call: AI9T Class: Single Op HP Call: AJ4FM Class: Single Op HP Call: AL9A Class: Single Op HP Call: DD1A Class: M/S HP Call: DD1JN Class: Single Op HP Call: DJ3IW Class: Single Op HP Call: DJ4EY Class: Single Op HP Call: DJ4MH Class: Single Op LP Call: DJ5HB Class: Single Op LP Call: DL1IAO Class: Single Op HP Call: DL1ZBO Class: Single Op LP Call: DL4ME Class: Single Op HP Call: DL4RCK Class: Single Op HP Call: DO6SR Class: Single Op LP Call: DQ4W Class: M/S HP Call: EO3Q Class: Single Op HP Call: EU1AZ Class: Single Op HP Call: F5CQ Class: Single Op HP Call: F5RD Class: Single Op LP Call: F8BDQ Class: Single Op HP Call: F8CRS Class: Single Op LP Call: FM5CD Class: Single Op HP Call: GM0FGI Class: Single Op HP Call: GU0SUP Class: Single Op LP Call: IC8TEM Class: Single Op HP Call: IK1DFH Class: Single Op LP Call: IW1AYD Class: Single Op HP Call: IW1QN Class: Single Op LP Call: IZ1PKV Class: Single Op HP Call: K0ALT Class: Single Op HP Call: K0FX Class: Single Op LP Call: K0KX Class: Single Op HP Call: K0TI Class: Single Op LP Call: K0YQ Class: Single Op LP Call: K1VU Class: Single Op LP Call: K2DSL Class: Single Op LP Call: K2YG Class: Single Op QRP Call: K3TN Class: Single Op HP Call: K3WW Class: Single Op HP Call: K4EDI Class: Single Op LP Call: K4FTO Class: Single Op LP Call: K4FX Class: Single Op HP Call: K4GMH Class: Single Op HP Call: K4HAL Class: Single Op HP Call: K4HMB Class: Single Op HP Call: K4MGE Class: Single Op HP Call: K4MIL Class: Single Op LP Call: K4RO Class: Single Op HP Call: K7HP Class: Single Op HP Call: K7IA Class: Single Op HP Call: K7MKL Class: M/S HP Call: K7TQ Class: Single Op LP Call: K7XC Class: M/S HP Call: K8GT Class: Single Op LP Call: K8UT Class: Single Op HP Call: K9NR Class: Single Op HP Call: K9OM Class: Single Op HP Call: KA2D Class: Single Op LP Call: KB2HSH Class: Single Op QRP Call: KB4KBS Class: Single Op LP Call: KC7V Class: Single Op LP Call: KH6GMP Class: Single Op LP Call: KI7Y Class: Single Op HP Call: KO7AA Class: Single Op HP Call: KS0M Class: Single Op LP Call: KU1T Class: Single Op HP Call: KX7L Class: Single Op LP Call: LT0H Class: Single Op HP Call: LZ2PL Class: Single Op HP Call: M0AFZ Class: Single Op LP Call: N0KE Class: Single Op HP Call: N1IW Class: Single Op HP Call: N2BJ Class: M/S HP Call: N2CU Class: Single Op HP Call: N2FF Class: Single Op LP Call: N2GA Class: Single Op LP Call: N2MUN Class: Single Op LP Call: N2NS Class: Single Op LP Call: N2WK Class: Single Op HP Call: N2WN Class: Single Op LP Call: N3RC Class: Single Op HP Call: N4CW Class: Single Op LP Call: N4MM Class: Single Op HP Call: N4ZZ Class: Single Op HP Call: N6HE Class: Single Op HP Call: N6ML Class: Single Op HP Call: N6QQ Class: Single Op HP Call: N8HM Class: Single Op LP Call: NC5O Class: Single Op LP Call: NO7T Class: Single Op HP Call: NX5O Class: Single Op HP Call: OF150M Class: Single Op HP Call: OG8T Class: Single Op LP Call: OH4KZM Class: M/S LP Call: OM0DX Class: Single Op LP Call: OM5M Class: M/S HP Call: ON4BHQ Class: Single Op LP Call: OZ1ADL Class: Single Op HP Call: PP1CZ Class: Single Op HP Call: RG9A Class: Single Op HP Call: S51MA Class: Single Op LP Call: S53M Class: Single Op HP Call: S56A Class: Single Op HP Call: S57AM Class: Single Op LP Call: SM7BHM Class: Single Op LP Call: SO9G Class: Single Op LP Call: TF3AO Class: Single Op HP Call: UA0CA Class: Single Op HP Call: UC0A Class: Single Op HP Call: US0HZ Class: Single Op LP Call: UT0U Class: Single Op HP Call: VA2UP Class: Single Op HP Call: VA3PC Class: Single Op HP Call: VA7KO Class: Single Op HP Call: VA7ST Class: Single Op LP Call: VE1OP Class: Single Op HP Call: VE2EBK Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3AJ Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3EK Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3JI Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3RCN Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3RZ Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3XAT Class: Single Op LP Call: VE4EAR Class: Single Op HP Call: VE6SQ Class: Single Op LP Call: VE7BC Class: Single Op LP Call: VE7CC Class: Single Op HP Call: VE7IO Class: Single Op HP Call: VE9DX Class: Single Op LP Call: VE9HF Class: Single Op LP Call: VY2LI Class: Single Op LP Call: W0LSD Class: M/S HP Call: W0RAA Class: Single Op LP Call: W0YR Class: Single Op HP Call: W1BYH Class: Single Op LP Call: W1TO Class: Single Op HP Call: W1UJ Class: Single Op LP Call: W1ZD Class: Single Op LP Call: W2YC Class: Single Op HP Call: W3DQN Class: Single Op LP Call: W3FV Class: Single Op HP Call: W3LL Class: Single Op HP Call: W4BCG Class: Single Op LP Call: W4BK Class: Single Op LP Call: W4EE Class: Single Op LP Call: W4GDG Class: Single Op LP Call: W4GHD Class: Single Op HP Call: W4GKM Class: Single Op HP Call: W5DQ Class: Single Op HP Call: W5JBO Class: Single Op LP Call: W6RLL Class: Single Op HP Call: W6SX Class: Single Op HP Call: W6YX Class: Single Op LP Call: W6ZL Class: Single Op LP Call: W7VXS Class: Single Op HP Call: W7WHY Class: Single Op HP Call: W8OHT Class: Single Op HP Call: W8TA Class: Single Op HP Call: WA3AFS Class: Single Op LP Call: WA5ZUP Class: Single Op HP Call: WB2COY Class: Single Op LP Call: WB2RHM Class: Single Op LP Call: WB4MSG Class: Single Op HP Call: WB8YYY Class: Single Op LP Call: WE4M Class: Single Op LP Call: WU6W Class: Single Op HP Call: WY3P Class: M/S HP Call: YO9HP Class: Single Op HP Call: YU8NU Class: Single Op LP Call: Z37M Class: M/S HP Call: ZC4LI Class: Single Op LP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: M/S HP Call: DD1A Call: DQ4W Call: K7MKL Call: K7XC Call: N2BJ Call: OM5M Call: W0LSD Call: WY3P Call: Z37M Class: M/S LP Call: OH4KZM Class: Single Op HP Call: 5B4AIF Call: AA5AU Call: AA8LL Call: AB4GG Call: AD4EB Call: AE1T Call: AI9T Call: AJ4FM Call: AL9A Call: DD1JN Call: DJ3IW Call: DJ4EY Call: DL1IAO Call: DL4ME Call: DL4RCK Call: EO3Q Call: EU1AZ Call: F5CQ Call: F8BDQ Call: FM5CD Call: GM0FGI Call: IC8TEM Call: IW1AYD Call: IZ1PKV Call: K0ALT Call: K0KX Call: K3TN Call: K3WW Call: K4FX Call: K4GMH Call: K4HAL Call: K4HMB Call: K4MGE Call: K4RO Call: K7HP Call: K7IA Call: K8UT Call: K9NR Call: K9OM Call: KI7Y Call: KO7AA Call: KU1T Call: LT0H Call: LZ2PL Call: N0KE Call: N1IW Call: N2CU Call: N2WK Call: N3RC Call: N4MM Call: N4ZZ Call: N6HE Call: N6ML Call: N6QQ Call: NO7T Call: NX5O Call: OF150M Call: OZ1ADL Call: PP1CZ Call: RG9A Call: S53M Call: S56A Call: TF3AO Call: UA0CA Call: UC0A Call: UT0U Call: VA2UP Call: VA3PC Call: VA7KO Call: VE1OP Call: VE3EK Call: VE3RZ Call: VE4EAR Call: VE7CC Call: VE7IO Call: W0YR Call: W1TO Call: W2YC Call: W3FV Call: W3LL Call: W4GHD Call: W4GKM Call: W5DQ Call: W6RLL Call: W6SX Call: W7VXS Call: W7WHY Call: W8OHT Call: W8TA Call: WA5ZUP Call: WB4MSG Call: WU6W Call: YO9HP Class: Single Op LP Call: AA5VU Call: AA8IA Call: AB0LR Call: AB1OD Call: AB4SF Call: AD5LU Call: DJ4MH Call: DJ5HB Call: DL1ZBO Call: DO6SR Call: F5RD Call: F8CRS Call: GU0SUP Call: IK1DFH Call: IW1QN Call: K0FX Call: K0TI Call: K0YQ Call: K1VU Call: K2DSL Call: K4EDI Call: K4FTO Call: K4MIL Call: K7TQ Call: K8GT Call: KA2D Call: KB4KBS Call: KC7V Call: KH6GMP Call: KS0M Call: KX7L Call: M0AFZ Call: N2FF Call: N2GA Call: N2MUN Call: N2NS Call: N2WN Call: N4CW Call: N8HM Call: NC5O Call: OG8T Call: OM0DX Call: ON4BHQ Call: S51MA Call: S57AM Call: SM7BHM Call: SO9G Call: US0HZ Call: VA7ST Call: VE2EBK Call: VE3AJ Call: VE3JI Call: VE3RCN Call: VE3XAT Call: VE6SQ Call: VE7BC Call: VE9DX Call: VE9HF Call: VY2LI Call: W0RAA Call: W1BYH Call: W1UJ Call: W1ZD Call: W3DQN Call: W4BCG Call: W4BK Call: W4EE Call: W4GDG Call: W5JBO Call: W6YX Call: W6ZL Call: WA3AFS Call: WB2COY Call: WB2RHM Call: WB8YYY Call: WE4M Call: YU8NU Call: ZC4LI Class: Single Op QRP Call: K2YG Call: KB2HSH