WAE RTTY Soapbox built 12-4-2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 8P6SH Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 388,416 The decision to enter this contest was made sometime earlier in the week leading up to the contest week-end. With the station in rebuild mode, we had no antennas other than 10m so three verticals were hurriedly put together to provide additional antennas: 80m & 40m: HF2V 20m: F12 Sigma 40XK set-up for 20m 15m: F12 Sigma 40XK set-up for 15m 10m: Innovantennas 2el LFA (fixed EU) 3el LFA It would also be the first effort in one of my favourite contests in about 5 years. Propagation has been better but it always helps to have more than one element on 15 and especially on 20m. Other commitments also made a full effort impossible. Only VE7CC and WE4M made it into the log on all bands while K4GMH and W9IU tracked us on 4. Activity on 10m seemed somewhat muted but 40m held up great and I was pleasantly surprised at how well the HF2V played on this band. Only complaint was the relatively large number of stations that include extra stuff like "73" in their reports. This works on the higher bands but when there is lots of noise and QRM sometimes you're left trying to figure out whether the 73 was a greeting or the contest exchange. Also when asking for a repeat of the serial number or to confirm a callsign, it is mystifying why stations will give a single repeat which leads to another repeat request. I think message buffers should reflect the band conditions and QRM/QRN levels. These super short exchanges often lead to much longer and frustrating QSO's. Equally important is adding a space or carriage return otherwise the useful info merges into the noise and often needs a repeat. Of course the great SO2R ops who use shorter buffers are generally fine as 1) their callsigns are more easily recognisable and 2) they usually have great signals. Congrats to the many stations I worked that seemed to have racked up great scores - EA8URL, 5C5W, PJ2/DF9MV, WE4M, VE7CC, W0LSD, K4GMH, EM2G, DP9A and DQ4W all made me feel like I should have started the contest with serial 1000 instead of 001. Thanks to DARC for sponsoring this great contest and to all the stations that endured my below par signals on 15m and 20m and 80m especially. 73, Dean - 8P6SH / 8P2K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9A2DQ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,579,322 First time using N1MM logger in WAE, and have to learn how to handle QTCs. 73 Zeljko! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AL9A Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 459,928 Lost two hours at the start due to family activities and that caused me to finish slighlty lower than last year's score. Finished up with way too many unsent QTCs in the log, but it was tough to find many outside of EU willing to accept the QTC exchange. Still had a lot of fun - just wish there had been better opeinings on 10M. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DD1LI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 758,163 missed the 10m opening on Sunday afternoon, due to Family-Barbecue with.So missed a lot of points and multis.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DF9ZP Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,216,772 First WAE RTTY, thanks for the calls. "hope to print u again" vy 73 Jo DF9ZP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DK3CW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 32,465 Equipment: FT-817ND, 5W SCS PTC-II 40m Longwire 10m abt GND / 141m ASL RCKLog V3.26 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DP9A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 3,255,738 See you again in CQWW CW. 73 Andy, DK4WA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: EA9LZ/7 Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 368,150 Nice contest as all wae contest, unfortunately I cannot spent more time, just to enjoy and give some extras points to serious competitors. Antenna the wonderfull Spiderbeam 10-15-20-40 80 meters without antenna. Icom 781 Acom 2000A. 73s ea9lz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F5RD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 157,314 Transceiver : ICOM IC-751AF 80W in RTTY Antenna : Dipole 80/40m and GP 20/15/10m Software : N1MM Logger I enjoy very much this contest with QTC exchange, but I had many thing to do out of the contest this weekend Only 341 cntacts on the five bands. 40m was the best for me Thanks to all who worked me See you again next year F5RD Bernard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G3Y Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 43,026 Very casual part time entry - not much time this weekend! 10m condx poor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GM0FGI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 873,941 Conditions here not so good as for JARTS on 20,15 and particularly 10m but better on 40 and 80m. QSB and QRM particularly on 40 and 20m made QTC copy difficult. Evaluating new beam antenna, hopefully better, at least I could work all stations heard on 10m. Thanks for all contacts and to the organisers. Equipment: ICOM 7600, ACOM 1010 300watts Antenna: HB Spiderbeam for 20,15,10m; 40m wire quarter wave and 80m full wave loop. Software: N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: GU0SUP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 344,280 A really poor effort from me! Partly due to very strange propagation here - especially on Saturday. Both 10 & 15 were nicely open (ie VK/JA/W6/W7/VE7) but not too many stations heard. No EU or W1/2's when expected either. There were a few strong stations about, yet they didn't hear me. Conversely, several weak stations got me first call. Still a few stations sending SRI NO QTC's, but far less than previous years. What I find hard to understand are those stations working 700 or more contacts, yet say NO QTC. Saw a few spots for bogus DX, mainly from ONE station. But, SV2ASP/a was real, and I managed to work him on 10m for a new band slot in just a couple of calls, so that was neat, even though he wasn't in the contest. Great to work Gary AL9A on 20m, but it was hard work, as was KH6ZM. Also good to get 6Y3M on 3 bands, but it was a shame that I had (deliberate I think) QRM when he tried to send me QTC's. I did get all 10 W call areas on 10 and 15m, but missed loads on 20. Not too many JA's around either, but I guess the JIDX took most away from WAE. Thanks to all for the points and the mults. My log has been uploaded to LoTW, but I guess it may be a few days before any matches show up. 73 de Phil GU0SUP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IK1DFH Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 111,936 73" de Roby ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: IW1AYD Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,623,551 I have still a lot to learn, so I still have fun contesting. TU all for the Q's! It was my third attempt with SO2R on a single PC and I have to learn a lot more. Well, it's gone. From my low seat … 10m where, form my prospective not so performing. RUNning was pretty unanswered in the morning and after, but Asiatic operators where there CQing. All of those with pretty big signals. S&P worked pretty well as 270 QTC's with only 83 QSO may demonstrate. Even if there where few CQing. 80m new receiving system was pretty good but unfortunately not that much out of EU OM's where there. Wires for W went lonely and unused. 40m was pretty good but with short and late openings to W. 20m and 15m, well you know. May it seems that almost all operators that I meet on 20m didn't liked to exchange QTC's. May be I was more tired when there or 15m or 10m opened well before usual, leaving no space for 20m. All considered it wasn’t a bad winter propagation pair of days. Or it’s mine fault not to trust 10m, HI. Time to time the logger doesn't show up already exchanged QTC's, sorry for any second request to some of you. That was, anyway, my flow: ask for QTC when not running like the hell on one radio. Both when slow running or making multiplier in S&P, this on both radios. Much more depending on signals quality, serial received and timings on the other radio than on simply make QTC’s like QSO’s. Somewhat conservative and I see that it doesn’t pay. Saturday It was uneasy to work dueling CQ and start QTCing on one of the radios. This would mean that there was a great amount of peoples working on. I have lost some QSO, but not all as peoples went back. TU for the patience. But I lost several clean QRG's, not really on fire, slow runs, but clean. Kind of QSY rule when SO2R, HI. Also it was not so easy to exchange QTC’s, several peoples with hundreds QSO's refused to exchange QTC's. I was not having the idea that I wasn't quite loud there, but anyway not so often other operators would try to exchange QTC's. The WAE is one kind of beast that's clear. But anyway I have tried alone several times to become acquainted on the procedures and it is not space rockets science. But if we will reduce the participation to QTC’s exchangers it would be not so fun. Last but not least. It was a pleasure to switch onto the K1TTT cluster and have all the RTTY Skimmer detecting me when CQ, it happened several times on both radio QRG’s. This was quite like humans spots. It seems to me that skimmers spots cadence was around one hour. But when tired timings may be seen a little bit or more distorted (you know this since the first series of Star Trek, isn’t it?). TU all for the nice contest, CU U all on the next contests. 73 de iw1ayd Salvo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2YG Class: Single Op QRP Total Score = 299,132 Elecraft K2 @ 5 watts, dipole & tribander ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2ZC Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 76,526 I love this contest. Only wish I had more time to participate. Thanks all for qso's and qtc's. 73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4GMH Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,159,117 What fun! Let's do it again next year:>) Nice conditions, especially on the second day. Eighty meters was very good, but was not able to keep BIC to take full advantage of the 4X mult. Should be a number of records broken as the activity and conditions were supportive of a record breaking effort. Good activity on all the bands. Many times felt like I just went into an all you can eat restaurant and only could find a small plate. So many unworked stations/mults. The QTC aspect does make it tough for a SO2R operator. Hard to decide if should run/QTC on one radio and S&P on the other band. Then you have to decide which band should be the run/QTC band, etc. Thanks to all who did work me all QSOs are appreciated. Those that took or sent QTC thank you. The stations that didn't, thanks for the QSO points and possibly a mult. Thanks to the Contest sponsors and folks that do all the administrative work to put on the Contest. 73, Mike, K4GMH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4TOJ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,323 My 2nd RTTY contest. I didn't have much time to allot to it with other obligations, but it was fun while I could get in. Thanks for a great contest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7IA Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 430,976 Unlike previous years, I ended up with a few dozen unsent QTCs--points lying on the table! SA ops can pick up a load of QTC points in the last three hours of this event. Amazing how many ops worldwide refuse "free" points... RTTY Contesting Tips: Contesting is a cooperative effort between all ops involved, regardless of mode, but owing to its very nature, RTTY needs even more cooperation for a number of reasons, including: all "Search and Pounce" stations calling a "Running" station are at nearly zero beat and QRMing each other in a pileup; RTTY is indeed a digital mode, but unlike "modern" digi modes, it is not error correcting, it is very prone to garbled characters (and non-printing carriage control characters); and it doesn't use the 8-level ASCII code, so the transmitting operator can never be certain about the status of the other chap's carriage or LTRS/FIGS case. The aim of the following tips is to promote the cooperative effort between sending and receiving ops. 1. Read the contest rules before the event so that you well know what the required exchange is. The WAE's exchange is only RST and serial number, so adding name, state, etc., only slows things down. 2. Learn the differences between the "Running" operator and the "Search and Pounce" operator. They have different roles in the flow of a QSO exchange. 3. Learn how to zero beat the RTTY station you wish to call. The WAE was not a particularly crowded event, but other RTTY contests are, especially CQ WW RTTY, ARRL RTTY Roundup, and NAQP RTTY. In crowded RTTY events, Running ops use narrow passband tuning to reduce interference between adjacent Running neighbors. When an S&P makes a call that is not at zero beat, he may out of the passband, and not be heard by the Running op he is trying to call. Worse, he will QRM the adjacent Running op and his pileup. 4. Construct your contest exchange messages (macros) so that they are short and sweet. The longer a RTTY macro message, the greater is the chance for garbles, particularly when QRN and QRM are high. Garbled characters lead to undertainty regarding callsigns and exchange data fields, and the only way to clear up uncertainty is to ask for a repeat, which consumes contest time. Therefore, you can minimize the lengths of your macros by sending only the information needed and required by the contest sponsor: your callsign, the other chap's callsign (so he is certain that you have it), and your exchange. You should send nothing else--omit the prosigns, greetings, and other time consuming and garble-enhancing "fluff," like: DE, BK, K, KN, GL, NR, RST, QSL?, GL, date/time, and the like. Keep in mind that a contest is just that--it isn't a ragchew or a QSO Party. Serious contesters want to make as many accurately-logged QSOs as is possible in the time alloted to the event. Please don't slow them down by sending non-essential fluff. 5. Understand that in the past, the signal report used to convey some "real" information in contest events, but that is no longer the case. Both contesters and contest logging software are "pre-programmed" for RST = "599." I's a bloody nuisance to edit the RST field whenever something else is sent, so just go with the flow and send RST only ONCE, as "599." The real meat of the exchange is whatever accompanies the signal report. In the WAE, it is the serial number, which should be sent at least twice (twice in good condx, a few more times in poor conditions). Whoever sends a s/n to me only once will be asked to repeat it, garbles being what they are. So pay attention to the conditions and adjust accordingly. 6. When you make your initial S&P call to a Running op, send only your callsign, and send it twice in good conditions, three times in poor conditions. Do not send his callsign (or "DE")--he is the only Runner on "his" frequency, and he already knows his callsign. Those needless characters QRM the other S&P ops who are calling, and they increase the risk of garbles. Note well that the Running op wants to service all of the S&P ops who are calling, and he wants to do it quickly and accurately so that the S&P ops can get on their way to work other Runners and so that the Runner can enjoy a high QSO rate. RTTY QRM often makes it impossible to decode and print anyone, and when that happens, no QSOs are made, wasting everyone's time. 7. If you're an S&P op, the Runner will send his exchange to you first, and then it's your turn to send your exchange. Send just your exchange--do not repeat his exchange back to him, because it wastes time (other S&Pers are waiting for their chance), and the Runner already knows his exchange. 8. Similarly, if you're an S&P op, the QSO is finished when the Running op acknowledges receipt of your exchange (he will send "TU" or "RRR" or "QSL") Sometimes the Runner won't send any sort of confirmation, moving to his next CQ or QRZ call. That leaves the S&P op hanging, in my opinion. If you aren't certain that your QSO has been acknowledged, then call him again (or don't log him). After the Runner confirms receipt, there is no need to add to the QRM by saying "thanks" or "good luck" again, so let the Runner make his next call. 9. In my view, most of the wasted time, confusion about callsigns and exchange fields, and garbled characters are caused by poorly constructed macro messages. By "poorly constructed" I mean that they inhibit "parsing" of the elements of the exchange message. Both the operator and good contest logging software parse incoming RTTY text, so here is where you can make it either easy or difficult for the other op's eye, contest logger, or both. You should construct your macro exchanges so that all of data fields (including callsigns) are separated by appropriate "parsing separators." The reason you can read this paragraph easily is because I have placed a parsing separator between each of the words--a space character. You should do the same in your RTTY contest macros. I discuss RTTY parsing at great length in a document I recently wrote: I have recently written a primer discussing the basics of contesting and RTTY (principal emphasis on RTTY contesting). If you are interested in examining the above tips (and more) at a deeper level, then please send me an email, and I will be pleased to send a copy to you. It's in .pdf format, so you will receive it quickly. It's been well reviewed by both experienced RTTY contesters and newbies, it's 40 pages in length, and there is no "fluff!" Thanks for the QSOs! See you in CQ WW CW. 73, dan k7ia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7ZO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 24,822 That was fun. My primary goal was testing out a whole new radio, amp, antenna, and microkeyer system -- which worked great. I generally like RTTY contests and WAE with the QTC angle is a fun difference. WriteLog handled the QTCs perfectly. Thanks to all who gave me some pre contest coaching on the WriteLog reflector. Scott/K7ZO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9NW Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 16,510 K3 + Mr. Alpha + Antennas First time participant in this event. All exchanges were hand sent via the K3 in "CW to DATA" mode, manually typing the received info into the logging program. For sure, it's a bit clumsy for RTTY contesting. Obviously, I did not even attempt any QTC traffic with this. As a non-EU station, it seems goofy (to me) to work other non-EU stations in a Worked All Europe contest. So I didn't work many non-EU stations. 73, Mike K9NW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD9MS Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 60,099 That was very interesting. I wish my FT-990 had more staying power for the SQTC, but it only dropped out once during the last part of the transfer. Thanks to all of the operators for their patience in this and see you next time! 73, Craig KD9MS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE0G Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 952 K3 at 10 watts to a pair of switchable dipoles at right angles, up 50', or 15 meters high. Fed with ladder lines and Johnson Matchboxes. Will be sending in a check log, too many errors on my end. Thanks for the fun ! 73, Dan ke0g ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG4IGC Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 105,792 Had a very nice time working the contest, this was my very first time ever exchanging QTCs as I never understood how to do it. Dave NJ4F spent some time with me before the contest over the telephone and explained the whole process. I was surprised to see how easy it was after all was said and done. TNX Dave for your help! There seemed to be allot of QSB on the bands throughout the contest, which made things a little harder.Best contact for me was with JA5EXW on 20, he is in a part of Japan that I have never worked before.Saw Ted W7OM several times throughout the bands, also saw NJ4F Dave and KR1ST Alex a couple of times. Alex was my last contact, worked him in the very last minute of the contest which was a great way to close out the cog at the end of the contest. Rig used: Yaesu FT-1000 MP Field Antennas: 272' loop, 2 20 meters extended double zepps (one pointing N/S, the other NW/SE), Maco V5/8 for 10 meters Power: 100 watts Cheers and 73, Frank KG4IGC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KI4EEY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 5,795 Small effort, just wanted to add some points to ACG 73, Gene KI4EEY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KI4UDF Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 93,940 Thanks for the QSO's Was fun Take care Bob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KI7MT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 130,240 Always allot of fun this contest. 12 hours not allot of time, but enough to get in and mix it up a bit. Was in and out of the shack allot this time. Had a major winter storm roll though Friday & Saturday. Dumped 2 feet of snow and the temps plunged to -6F on Saturday, needless to say, I was in no hurry to go out to the shack. As a result, I missed allot of EU on 10/15 as I didn't go out until about 9:30 - 10:00 local (1630z-1700z) so the bands were on their way our I suppose. 10m Seemed open every time I checked it, just not allot of folks on it when I was there. Didn't bother with 20m, figured 2 bands was enough fun. Could have worked allot more, but was hunting DX stations that I could send / rcv QTC's with :-) The JIDX took it's toll, although I managed to get many in the log, participation was down from normal JA RTTY activity. Some good DX in the log, T88, AH2J/KH0, DS, HL, YB1, ZS, VK, ZL. Worked 5W and A31 12m CW when saw them spotted, changing logs of course, N1MM makes that easy. Didn't see the usualy player from N.AF or Carib this time, suppose there all getting ready for CQ-WW. Still amazed at the number of ops saying "SRI No QTC", there free points :-) and once you figure our your SW it's dead easy to do. Ctrl-Z is your friend with N1MM Logger :-) See you All in the Sweeps, then CQ-WW-CW. 73's KI7MT Helena Montana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR1ST/3 Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 21,895 Rig: FT-897 Pwr: 100W Ant: 55ft doublet @ 35ft I had a good time with my semi-portable setup. Of course it's no match to anyone, but still had an enjoyable time giving out a few points and exchange a few QTC's. I only worked the contest a little on Friday and Saturday evening and about 45 minutes before the contest ended. Hope to see you next time! 73, --Alex KR1ST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KX7L Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 46,438 Propagation seemed crummier than in recent weeks, but fun was still had. I have to get used to the QTC thing all over again every time, but it certainly adds an interesting element. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KY7M Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 215,968 Once I figured out how to use the QTC function in N1MM this was a fun contest. Kudos to the N1MM programmers for making this such a great program! I enjoyed the Sunday morning opening from the west coast to Europe for as long as it lasted. This was my first contest using the microKEYER II interface and it worked flawlessly. I like the format of everybody working everybody and QTCs between continents. Thanks for all the Qs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: M0CFW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 24,734 Equipment used: K3 100W, 5 meter wire on flag pole with ATU 73 Kazu M0CFW, JK3GAD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0KE Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 142,767 Sorry I didn't operate more. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1MGO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 473,892 I had lots of fun! Thanks for all the contacts. I saw lots of new calls, and old ones also. The skill level of all the operators has increased greatly, did not see as many off frequency stations, or poor operating practices as in the past. I had many unsent QTC's at the end of the contest, still lots of operators that do not do QTC's. My equipment and software worked great, just some operator errors here. I used an Elecraft K3 with te Elecraft KPA500 amp at 500 watts, to wire dipoles, with Writelog contest software. Thanks again for all the fun Gordon (Bambi) - N1MGO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2BJ Class: M/S HP Total Score = 1,636,542 I had antenna problems and computer problems with the WRITELOG terminal program timing out and faulting my Transmitter. I apologize to those I tortured trying to send QTC with my Tranmitter continuing to fault and time out. At the end of the contest I had over 150 QTC's I could have sent if Writelog terminal was working. I had to waste time troubleshooting over 3 hours lost time and another hour to figure out how to import what I had into N1MM and get the QTC working and figure it out as well as making sure all the messages were right. Again my apologies to those that asked for QTC and I had to say Sorry No QTC and left them on the table at the end of the contest. 10M and conditions in general not very good! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2CU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 39,283 Just a few hours here and there as a reminder how cool this contest is, with the QTC. Good high band conditions. K3 TH6DXX 48' 40m delta loop 80m wire vertical N1MM, MMTTY and 2Tone 73, Tom N2CU <>< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2FF Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 183,425 I think I had more QTC than the program (Writelog) shows. Thanks to all the folks who heard my peanut whistle - 100w and a 40M dipole at 50 feet with an FT 10O0MP. I started out thinking I would do a single band 40 meter assistged effort. Then I found out that the MP would tune on 20 15 and even 10. And people came back to me. This beacme a fun pouncing experience. Sorry I strained so many receivers around the world. The downsized station station is the result of Sandy and then a Nor'easter. We were one of the lucky ones. Lost electricity for 52 hours and INternet then for over a week. There are still people inn my little vilalge who have no power and no heat. Sandy bent the mast on my 3 element quad. I used that mast for over 30 years. The quad survived - no wires broken or fiberglass shattered. Amazing since I lost part of an oak tree and two large maples. Both wound up in neighbors lawns. One was uprouted and knocked over. I estimate that the winds that did this were 90 to 100 mph. I had the tower cranked down for the storm so I tilted it over and started to take the quad apart to install a new mast. Then the nor'easter and the snow came - 12 inches of wet snow and ice. The four spreaders still on the tower had about 3 inches of snow and ice on them. One spreader eventually shattered. I was surprised all of the did not break. Most of the snow is now gone so I think I will be able to take the rest ofit apart in the next day or two. Despite all of this radio mess I consider myself lucky. There are others on LI who are a lot worse off and nearly 100k still have no power and therefor no heat. This is Katrina for NY and NJ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2KI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 396,000 Limited time but had a blast. First time doing QTC's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2WK Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 872,465 I wish I had more time, always enjoy this one, even on CW. I had to Rock and Roll with my band Saturday and Sunday. Thanks for the Q's and the many QTC's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3BM Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 224,584 IC-7600 AL-80B C-3SS WriteLog V11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3QE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 247,225 I have no idea how I can have more mults than QSO's or how a QSO is different than a point. I'm just relying on N1MM's scorekeeping :-) Dabbled in this on and off through the weekend. By Sunday I was pretty good at the QTC stuff via N1MM ctrl-Z... if I had been in this seriously I think I could've had 500 QSO's and 1000 QTC's easy. There are so many super-strong RTTY signals out there that getting clear copy for received QTC traffic is pretty easy especially on the high bands. Maybe next year I'll aim that high! Of course next year I plan on doing WAE CW too! Thanks for the effort everyone! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4CW Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 208,780 This is the first WAE RTTY contest where I dared send and receive QTC's. I found a great video of the process and that inspired me to try it on my own...haw! It took a while for me to understand some of the subtleties, but eventually I managed to pull through. A beautiful programming job by the N1MM Logger team made it a "piece of cake"! Thanks. With only 100 Watts, I had some difficulty being heard in pileups, and when I was on, the bands didn't impress me...QSB was really bad at times! Still, snagging a YB with 100 Watts is a lot of fun... Again thanks to DARC for a fun contest; I'm looking forward to next year! 73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6HE Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 77,748 Ten-Tec Omni VII, SB-220, Writelog. 12 hours, low wire antennas, band condx not so good here. Had fun, though, and I LOVE the QTC concept! See you in the next one - and as K6PV/6 from Santa Catalina Island, NA-066, in the Feb 2013 NAQP-RTTY! Ray N6HE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6ML Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 419,049 K3/KAT500/KPA500 remote Part-time, exercising the station, etc.... QTCs are fun, most of the time ;) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6OIL Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 4,165 First timer on a RTTY contest with N1MM, to chicken to try QTC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6XI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 89,938 Well, that was educational for an inexperienced RTTY op! Didn't quite master Writelog QTCs but made definite progress. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7NM Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 303,622 First time with QTC's and N1MM so made lots of mistakes but love the format and conditions were fairly good so really a fun contest. Can't wait till next year on this one! Thanks for the contacts and patience, 73, Doug - N7NM Ft-1000mp 43ft vertical w/auto-tuner 500w ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8HM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,800 Just getting familiar with my new Yaesu FT-450D and making a few QSOs. Rig - Yaesu FT-450D Antenna - MFJ-1786 Magnetic Loop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA2M Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 422,725 RIG: Elecraft K3/KPA500 400W ANT: Cushcraft R5 Vertical 20-15-10 4-el. 15M Colinear 80-40-15 First real experience with QTCs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA2U Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 26,832 Missed ALL of Europe except LX (1), F (1), 9A (1), and DL (3). Pro III, AL-80B (500w), ground mounted vertical dipole (20m-10m), multi-band dipole at 58" (INCHES) (80m-40m). Antenna restricted area. 73 from the desert, Fred/NA2U ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NF4A Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 41,004 Operated just under 5 hours....my first RTTY WAE....didn't do QTCs as I do on the SSB and CW tests as I didn't have time to practice the keystrokes to do them on RTTY....this is just my 3rd RTTY contest. Log has been uploaded to LOTW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NO7T Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 164,576 This was my first year exchanging QSC's. Using the N1MM logger with fldigi made it so simple. Excellent software on both counts. Added some special macros to handle certain situations made it a breeze. Made a few mistakes and learned some lessons. All in all it really is a fun contest. The money band was 15M. I will look forward to this contest next year. Thanks everyone, we'll do better next year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OE1MCU Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,449,642 Tranks to Rai OE4RLC (OE4A, OE4XLC) for being his guest this weekend! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH1F Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,116,438 My first WAE RTTY during the modern computer/software era :) It is always fun to start something new without learning beforehand. Like open the QTC window for the first time during the contest ... Original plan was to work JIDX Contest but condx to JA were not so good that I moved to WAE. Especially 80m was in good shape. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH8A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,418,012 Very nice contest. I like this. Mni tnx Topi/OH8TV.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OM5M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,762,500 The conditions were worse than last year, but this year we were a little more confident at giving QTC...HI Gabo, OM0AAG still doesn't want to search for multipliers :D We are looking forward to the DQ4W score :) See you next year!! OM4CX, Miska ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ON4CT Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 897,666 More station are sending/receiving qtc s thanks for the qso s and qtc s. 73 dirk on4ct ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ON6NL Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 938,320 Not a very serious participation planned but the WAE format simply is addicting! Did not go for QSOs but for QTCs and multipliers. Ended with a surprising good score for my simple station. Hope to be in a better shape next year! Rig: IC756Pro2 + ACOM1k Ant: KT34A, 40m delta loop, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ON6OM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 38,586 WAERTTY Score Summary Sheet Start Date : 2012-10-31 CallSign Used : ON6OM Operator(s) : ON6OM Operator Category : SINGLE-OP Band : ALL Power : LOW Mode : RTTY Overlay Category : Default Exchange : 001 Gridsquare : JO11VB Name : Rene Willekens Address : Goedlevenstraat 182 City/State/Zip : GENT 9040 Country : Belgium ARRL Section : DX Club/Team : GNT- OVRC Software : N1MM Logger V12.11.0 Band Q/QTC QSOs Pts Mlt 3,5 QSO 38 38 60 7 QSO 56 56 66 14 QSO 57 57 52 21 QSO 14 14 22 28 QSO 12 12 18 Total All 177 177 218 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OP4A Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 277,420 i played around with QTCs in N1MM works great, did some S&P and calling. CU next contest ;o) 73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PP1CZ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 255,576 Very funny the WAE RTTY, due to the possibility to exchange QTCs, not only send, but also receive it. Thank you all for the QSO and the patiente, because from my side was so hard. Best 73 from PP1CZ - Leo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: RY9C Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 4,664,172 My first serious try for so2r - pleased! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S53M Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,714,560 To long breaks but I enjoyed the contest. Great activity and thanks for all calls. See you next time Miha, S51FB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S56A Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 629,208 Points not required on this sheet! I overslept Sunday morning gray zone. 2L40 faulty, 80/40 m dipole wire for 40 m broken but it worked with tuner. Regular AA3B caught in the last few seconds on 40 m. Winter condx with fast high band closings after the dark. It was fun again! CU CQ WW CW from Kosovo, Z6! UE DE MARIO, S56A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: TF3AO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 237,534 Didn't spend so much time, but pleased with the results. No 10M conditions, but instead I worked few on 80M. First time I used QTC, and as many others have written, the video on N1MM website is really helpful. Thanks to the organizers, those who worked me and also those who spotted me. As far as I know we were only 2 operating from TF this time. 73 Seli ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: UA4M Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 2,888,304 Good lot's fun time! Vlad allowed me to use agane his super setup station. http://rw4lyl.ru/ SO2R - very interesting thing, was not boring! Good activity on all the bands, but conditions was not good over the North Pole. Thanks to all who did work me, took or sent QTC. Fantastic pilaf and tangy barbecue was delicious spicy! Thanks to Vlad and his YL Alina for hospitality! 73, Andy RW4PL. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA1CHP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 1,104,813 1st serious effort after a 6-7 month layoff due to basement repairs. Still need to run a 220 line for the amp. High bands were good to me but LP on 40 and 80 just had stations CQ right in my face!, time to replace the Butternut. I think the salt air has taken its toll!! QTCs make this one fun! Many thanks for the Q's and see you in the next one ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA2AM Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,831,528 New on WAE and QTC I lost few received files on 80m before I figured out my mistake. Of course not an issue to transmit QTC. My rate on 15 & 40 m were 2-300 QSO/hr for more than 2 hours until I got malicious QRM from cw sending 73 to stop me few times. Some people hate contest or they don't want me to get a high score! Thanks to late sunday driver with very low serial number to keep us going and testing their stations. Some were below my noise level and few were signing qrp from Europe on 40m. FTdx5000 realy shines with sharp & contour DSP without any S-meter signal + Preamp2. 73, Rejean, va2am ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA2UP Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 3,024,346 It turned out better then I expected really. I actually thought that the index would be more elevated making it impossible for us up here to properly use the high bands, not so. I went into the contest very tired and had a real hard time saturday morning to get up, get into the car and drive to the station. The xyl actually said: what are you still doing here, you're very late!! Ever happened to you? ha ha! So struggling to keep my eyes open I mechanically worked the contest and thought to close things down early saturday evening. But the WAE is like a good movie, you know you're tired and have to go to bed but this thing hooks you and you stretch the minutes as they go by just to squeeze in another qso...and another one...and anoth...zzzzzzzz The head not being there sunday morning I completely spooked the 10M mults and chose to stick to 15 for qtc. When I tried to go back it was all gone. So I ended up hunting mults from band to band to make up for the loss. In the end the mult count is way down from last year and the score too. This goes to show that operating skills are in for a good chunk of our scores, no matter how good the hardware it is the grey stuff in our heads that makes it all happen. Looking back at the contest I had a great time and it was good to share it with all of you! Thanks for the qs and qtc and thanks DARC for holding this fun event. 73, Fabi va2up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3PC Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 336,106 Unknown what the points column is for.. Should have played on 20m earlier. Australia on long path! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7AM Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 134,112 Lot's of fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7KO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 628,820 Tough conditions this time. But good to see familiar call signs. Happy to have you in the log. CUL 73, Koji VA7KO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7ST Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 380,424 * FT-2000 and FT-920, DX Doubler * 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) * All-band 18AVT/WB vertical Just over half of last year's score. Down due to 10M not working very well, and 15M not providing as much access to Europe as last year's SFI=168 weekend. Disappointing. Mults were down a lot on all bands, as were QTCs with the noisy conditions here. Ran SO2R as hard as I could, and it helped make up some of the shortfall, but not nearly as much as I expected. Second-radio antenna is an all-band vertical, and it worked very nicely for picking up mults and a few slow runs. About one-third of all Qs were on the vertical -- and it nabbed some good DX surprises, too. After working a lot of 15M contacts on Saturday, for Sunday the vertical was on 15M almost all day, with the yagi on 10M early then 20M for most of the day. Definitely need to spruce up the 80M vertical array -- have one elevated radial missing to the East, and that's where the shortfall seemed to be this time out. Will spend a few hours Monday in the snow checking things over. 40M was nothing like last year. Hope for better in CQWW CW in two weeks. Thanks for the contacts. Be back for more in 2013. -- Bud VA7ST http:www.va7st.ca/home.html http:www.orcadxcc.org Band Q/QTC QSOs Pts Mlt 3.5 QSO 28 28 48 7 QSO 61 61 75 14 QSO 254 254 120 14 RQTC 60 60 0 14 SQTC 90 90 0 21 QSO 278 278 112 21 RQTC 82 82 0 21 SQTC 40 40 0 28 QSO 47 47 38 28 RQTC 18 18 0 28 SQTC 10 10 0 Total All 968 968 393 Year QSO QTC Mults Score --------------------------------- 2012: 668 300 393 380,424 24 hrs 2011: 858 490 542 730,616 31 hrs 2010: 390 150 299 161,161 16 hrs 2009: 584 190 347 268,578 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: VE3JI Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 324,220 love this contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3KI Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 640,520 Wire antennas (G5RV, 160m inverted L used on 15m) K3+KPA500 on 40&20, K3/100 on 80, 15 and 10 (waiting for the KAT500) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3UTT Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 120,150 Had to travel early Sunday morning. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3XD Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 32,370 Station Description: Yaesu FT-1000 Mark V at 30 watts Antenna(s): end-fed dipoles for 15m and 20m attic mounted ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE4EAR Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 353,990 Another part time effort, so-so conditions. Snow static on 80/40m Saturday night was horrible. So was the 30 cm of new snow. See you next week in SS-SSB! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7CC Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,992,331 Great fun. It is difficult to stop running and send QTCs when the bands are full of new mults and contacts. Ran Europe on 15 on Sunday for a couple of hours using 40 meter wire Moxon. Ooops. The European openings were much too short! Left too many QTCs on the table. SO2R = 2x K3 + Alpha 86 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7IO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 155,335 This is one of my favorite contests and even though I only had limited time it was great fun. The WX on Sunday was cold, wet and windy so it was a great day to be contesting. Thanks to all the stations who received my QTC's and thanks to the stations that sent their QTC's to VE7IO it all made for a fun contest. 73 Fred VE7IO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VK3TDX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 297,360 Some good openings to EU on ten meters this time. Some fun hours but I went QRT because of the frustration of trying to decode serial numbers in QRM and QSB when only sent once or twice. Please everyone - - always send your serial number at least three times! From VK every QSO is true DX and decoding serial numbers often won't work when sent one or two times. If three serials are sent likely two will decode the same and repeats are not necessary. Please pass this tip to others! Thanks to all who called. 73 Steve VK3TDX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0LSD Class: M/S HP Total Score = 2,066,488 Nice to get a little EU opening on 10 Sunday AM, but it quickly closed before noon local. Thunderstorms made 80 useless Sat. night. We decided on Thursday night to do this contest so not a lot of time to prepare. Love those QTCs, especially when conditions allow for an accurate transfer of info. Thanks to all for the patience we needed in getting up to speed with QTC exchange. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0PV Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 104,587 The WAE contests are always FUN! Wish I could have spent more time at it. A special thank you to all those who managed to copy my sent QTC data from my weak signal!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3SFG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,368 Only on the air long enough for a few contacts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4DXX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,284,932 Part-time effort. Thanks everyone for the Q's and QTC's. Eric / W4DXX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4EE Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 5,376 TS-440S w/G5RV N1MM w/MMTTY Tnx for the Qs, 73, Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4GKM Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 680,850 Many tnx to all that I had to ask for or send repeats. Was really hoping for a much better score with 80 and 10 being better but just could not get going on those two bands. This is one of my favorite contest with the QTC being quite a help in many ways, but, with SO2R it really slows you down with the second radio. The guys that sponsor this contest really do a great job and thanks so much for the years of dedication. If I could stay away from TV watching the Gold Rush and football games I would do much better. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4TMO Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 120,289 Another fantastic RTTY for me, big thank you to everyone who made it possible - a QSO takes two! Managed to break 100k with a Windom antenna and had QTCs mastered (well at least in my mind) by the end of the contest. Lost of QSB here as number of repeats on QTCs bore out. Looking forward to next year already! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4WWQ Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 16,660 K3 100W, SteppIR 30/40, 80M Dipole, N1MM, All S&P I just couldn't get fired up for this WAE contest. Nor keep BIC for very long. I worked a couple stations and forgot to log it even with all the data entered. For folks like me, it would be nice if N1MM would ask if you wanted to save the data as you tune up the band and it clears:-( Didn't figure out the QTC process early enough. Every time I tried Cntl-Z, N1MM would lock up. Obviously I didn't know what I was doing. From what I observed, if stations have a very good signals, there is hope the QTCs get passed first time without time consuming repeats, and you are asked for QTCs. If signals are poor, they don't offer or ask about QTCs. My signals must have been really good as I seemed to spend a lot time saying "NO" to QTC requests. It should be easy to improve next year's score. Pete, W4WWQ Lynchburg, VA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5JBO Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 110,448 Kenwood TS-870 5BTV & 160m dipole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6SX Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 155,124 QTCs make the WAE contests different and really fun. Thank you Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club. K3, ACOM 2000A, wire antenna at 46 feet with Matchboxes, 2Tone, MMTTY, N1MM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7IJ Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 527,049 Fun contest good for sharpening the necessary mouse point and click skills! Band condx seemed to go down early Saturday evening as the A index moved up to A8. Big surprise Sunday morning as there was a good opening to EU on 10, 15 and 20. Somewhat disappointing was the general reluctance of the JAs to send/receive QTC. This was a good workout for the gear in anticipation of the DX test the end of this month. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7RN Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,097,307 Part time effort, working on a new station configuration at W7RN and wanted to test drive some things. Apologies to those who wanted to transfer QTCs when I was in the middle of things and not able to do so. Thanks as always to Tom and Midge for their hospitality and for allowing me to derange their station into RTTY mode. jeff wk6i ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7RTX Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 35,828 ICOM 7600 100 watts G5RV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9ILY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 591,600 Whew! Great fun! High winds caused me to lower the beam on Sunday. Too bad! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB2COY Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 112,896 Always exciting to exchange QTC's. Need other contests with QTC so that we don't have to re-learn every November.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB2RHM/4 Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 667,968 SO1R effort. Good Bands. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB4MSG Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 15,228 Not much time just enough to check out band cond. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WE4M Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 2,261,225 Not sure if it was conditions or if I went to 10M too late, but compared to last year I was down 210q's and 40 mults on 10M alone. On Saturday evening it seemed like I just ran out of stations to work so I quit early, putting in 2 hours or so less than last year. Score was down 16% as a result. I did try SO3R this year, which proved to be the wrong thing to do for this contest. With the time spent sending/receiving QTCs there just isn't enough extra time to really use the third radio, in fact just running 2 radios is hard enough. That said I did end up with 7 more mults than last year, so perhaps there was some payoff. I swear N1MM Logger would periodically decide to send my CQ message on the wrong radio. However this was late in the contest and I'm not really sure where the blame lies, as we were both were tired by then. I had one K3 shut down unexpectedly, but thankfully no lasting ill effects. This was also the first contest outing for the KX3 along side its bigger brothers. The KX3 did well running 5w to drive the amp to 100 out, and it had no issues. I don't think I missed any contacts due to using it instead of a K3. About 300 of the qsos were with the KX3. The kx3 does have some rough spots when used for RTTY contesting, but hopefully those are only a FW upgrade away from resolution. I did towards the end have some interlock issues so had to watch things carefully to preserve the one at a time limitation. This added to the work load. Next year will be a 'normal' SO2R for this contest. There is a point were adding more capability can detract from the score, and I'm sure I went past that this year. Radios Two Elecraft K3, Elecraft KX3 (external fans) KT34A at 60 ft, 3 el Steppir at 48 ft 40M rotary dipole at 54 ft shunt fed tower on 80 M, dipole at 55 ft All qso's uploaded to LOTW, and hope yours are too! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WU6W Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 7,770 Had to work the weekend so i could only contest a couple hours but they were FUN !! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WV0T Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 12,051 Wish I had more time to operate as this is one of my favorites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YL9T Class: Single Op HP Total Score = 1,280,884 Just a bit more Murphy visits during the cotest as usually. Planned to start at 00Z, but suddenly lost electricity for about 1,5 hours so started late. Score was fine on first day for me. On the second day after about 2 hours of work the transceiver went off. I thought it is a transceiver.... So went to bed again and 2 hours later in daylight started to check for the problem. Get the covers off and almost started to remove the board with "bad electrolythic condensators". But then decided to check another power supply. Guess what - there was the problem! So I lost some 5 hours of a good morning run and mults..... Here I am finally. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YO9HP Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 503,712 Hard work with Low Power, especially to break the pile-ups and add new multipliers. Hope to get my amplifier repaired soon and to return to HP category. Thank everybody for patience to copy my signals! 73, Alex ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: Z39A Class: Single Op LP Total Score = 103,740 Good conditions second day, but no time to operate whole contest. 73 and CU in the next one. Chris, Z39A (ex.Z31GX, Z35X) Index of Calls Call: 3Z2X Class: M/S HP Call: 6Y3M Class: Single Op HP Call: 8P6SH Class: Single Op HP Call: 9A2DQ Class: Single Op HP Call: 9A6A Class: Single Op LP Call: AA3B Class: Single Op HP Call: AB4GG Class: Single Op HP Call: AB4SF Class: Single Op LP Call: AC0E Class: Single Op LP Call: AL9A Class: Single Op HP Call: DD1LI Class: Single Op HP Call: DF4WC Class: Single Op LP Call: DF9ZP Class: Single Op HP Call: DJ6QT Class: Single Op HP Call: DK3CW Class: Single Op LP Call: DL1ZBO Class: Single Op LP Call: DL4RCK Class: Single Op HP Call: DL5AOJ Class: Single Op LP Call: DL8SCG Class: Single Op HP Call: DM5TI Class: Single Op HP Call: DO6SR Class: Single Op LP Call: DO9ST Class: Single Op LP Call: DP9A Class: M/S HP Call: DQ4W Class: M/S HP Call: EA3KU Class: Single Op LP Call: EA8URL Class: M/S HP Call: EA9LZ/7 Class: Single Op HP Call: F4GDI Class: Single Op LP Call: F5BEG Class: Single Op LP Call: F5CQ Class: Single Op HP Call: F5RD Class: Single Op LP Call: FG1PP Class: Single Op LP Call: G3Y Class: Single Op LP Call: GM0FGI Class: Single Op HP Call: GU0SUP Class: Single Op LP Call: HG8C Class: Single Op LP Call: HL5YI Class: Single Op LP Call: IK1DFH Class: Single Op LP Call: IW1AYD Class: Single Op HP Call: K0ALT Class: Single Op HP Call: K0KX Class: Single Op HP Call: K0PC Class: Single Op HP Call: K2YG Class: Single Op QRP Call: K2ZC Class: Single Op HP Call: K3FH Class: Single Op LP 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: K4HMB Class: Single Op HP Call: K4MIL Class: Single Op LP Call: K4TOJ Class: Single Op LP Call: K7HP Class: Single Op HP Call: K7IA Class: Single Op HP Call: K7TQ Class: Single Op LP Call: K7ZO Class: Single Op HP Call: K9NR Class: Single Op HP Call: K9NW Class: Single Op HP Call: KB3LIX Class: Single Op LP Call: KB5JC Class: Single Op LP Call: KC0VTJ Class: Single Op HP Call: KD9MS Class: Single Op LP Call: KE0G Class: Single Op LP Call: KG4IGC Class: Single Op LP Call: KH6GMP Class: Single Op LP Call: KI4EEY Class: Single Op LP Call: KI4UDF Class: Single Op HP Call: KI7MT Class: Single Op HP Call: KK4EIR Class: Single Op LP Call: KR1ST/3 Class: Single Op LP Call: KS0M Class: Single Op LP Call: KX7L Class: Single Op LP Call: KY7M Class: Single Op HP Call: LX/PA3DUU Class: M/S LP Call: LY2FN Class: Single Op LP Call: LY6A Class: Single Op LP Call: LZ6K Class: Single Op HP Call: M0CFW Class: Single Op LP Call: N0KE Class: Single Op HP Call: N1IW Class: Single Op HP Call: N1MGO Class: Single Op HP Call: N2BJ Class: M/S HP Call: N2CU Class: Single Op LP Call: N2FF Class: Single Op LP Call: N2KI Class: Single Op HP Call: N2WK Class: Single Op LP Call: N3BM Class: Single Op HP Call: N3QE Class: Single Op LP Call: N3UA Class: Single Op LP Call: N3XL Class: Single Op HP Call: N4CW Class: Single Op LP Call: N4MM Class: Single Op HP Call: N6HE Class: Single Op HP Call: N6ML Class: Single Op HP Call: N6OIL Class: Single Op LP Call: N6QQ Class: Single Op HP Call: N6XI Class: Single Op HP Call: N7NM Class: Single Op HP Call: N8HM Class: Single Op LP Call: NA2M Class: Single Op HP Call: NA2U Class: Single Op HP Call: NC5O Class: Single Op LP Call: NF4A Class: Single Op HP Call: NN3RP Class: Single Op HP Call: NO7T Class: Single Op HP Call: NW2K Class: Single Op LP Call: NX0I Class: Single Op LP Call: NX5O Class: Single Op HP Call: OE1MCU Class: Single Op LP Call: OH1F Class: Single Op HP Call: OH8A Class: M/S HP Call: OM0DX Class: Single Op LP Call: OM5M Class: M/S HP Call: ON4CT Class: Single Op LP Call: ON6NL Class: Single Op HP Call: ON6OM Class: Single Op LP Call: OP4A Class: Single Op LP Call: OZ1ADL Class: Single Op HP Call: PP1CZ Class: Single Op HP Call: R7MM Class: Single Op LP Call: RA9AU Class: Single Op HP Call: RG9A Class: Single Op HP Call: RY9C Class: Single Op HP Call: S53M Class: Single Op HP Call: S56A Class: Single Op LP Call: SP2MKI Class: Single Op LP Call: SP6IHE Class: Single Op LP Call: TF3AO Class: Single Op HP Call: TF3PPN Class: Single Op LP Call: UA4M Class: Single Op HP Call: UP4L Class: Single Op HP Call: UW5M Class: Single Op HP Call: VA1CHP Class: Single Op LP Call: VA2AM Class: Single Op HP Call: VA2UP Class: Single Op HP Call: VA3PC Class: Single Op HP Call: VA7AM Class: Single Op LP Call: VA7KO Class: Single Op HP Call: VA7RY Class: Single Op LP Call: VA7ST Class: Single Op LP Call: VE2EBK Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3AJ Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3CX Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3JI Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3KI Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3UTT Class: Single Op HP Call: VE3XAT Class: Single Op LP Call: VE3XD Class: Single Op LP Call: VE4EAR Class: Single Op HP Call: VE7BC Class: Single Op LP Call: VE7CC Class: Single Op HP Call: VE7CF Class: Single Op HP Call: VE7IO Class: Single Op HP Call: VK3TDX Class: Single Op HP Call: VY2LI Class: Single Op LP Call: W0LSD Class: M/S HP Call: W0PV Class: Single Op LP Call: W0RAA Class: Single Op LP Call: W1BYH Class: Single Op HP Call: W1ZD/7 Class: Single Op LP Call: W3DQN Class: Single Op LP Call: W3FV Class: Single Op HP Call: W3SFG Class: Single Op LP Call: W4DXX Class: Single Op HP Call: W4EE Class: Single Op LP Call: W4GDG Class: Single Op LP Call: W4GKM Class: Single Op HP Call: W4TMO Class: Single Op HP Call: W4WWQ Class: Single Op LP Call: W5JBO Class: Single Op LP Call: W6RLL Class: Single Op HP Call: W6SX Class: Single Op HP Call: W6TK Class: Single Op LP Call: W70M Class: Single Op HP Call: W7IJ Class: Single Op HP Call: W7RN Class: Single Op HP Call: W7RTX Class: Single Op LP Call: W7VXS Class: Single Op HP Call: W7WW Class: Single Op HP Call: W9ILY Class: Single Op LP Call: WA1DRQ Class: Single Op LP Call: WB2COY Class: Single Op LP Call: WB2RHM/4 Class: Single Op LP Call: WB4MSG Class: Single Op LP Call: WB8YYY Class: Single Op LP Call: WE4M Class: Single Op LP Call: WU6W Class: Single Op HP Call: WV0T Class: Single Op HP Call: WX4G Class: Single Op HP Call: YL9T Class: Single Op HP Call: YO9HP Class: Single Op LP Call: YT5W Class: M/S HP Call: YU1AST Class: Single Op LP Call: Z39A Class: Single Op LP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: M/S HP Call: 3Z2X Call: DP9A Call: DQ4W Call: EA8URL Call: N2BJ Call: OH8A Call: OM5M Call: W0LSD Call: YT5W Class: M/S LP Call: LX/PA3DUU Class: Single Op HP Call: 6Y3M Call: 8P6SH Call: 9A2DQ Call: AA3B Call: AB4GG Call: AL9A Call: DD1LI Call: DF9ZP Call: DJ6QT Call: DL4RCK Call: DL8SCG Call: DM5TI Call: EA9LZ/7 Call: F5CQ Call: GM0FGI Call: IW1AYD Call: K0ALT Call: K0KX Call: K0PC Call: K2ZC Call: K4FX Call: K4GMH Call: K4HMB Call: K7HP Call: K7IA Call: K7ZO Call: K9NR Call: K9NW Call: KC0VTJ Call: KI4UDF Call: KI7MT Call: KY7M Call: LZ6K Call: N0KE Call: N1IW Call: N1MGO Call: N2KI Call: N3BM Call: N3XL Call: N4MM Call: N6HE Call: N6ML Call: N6QQ Call: N6XI Call: N7NM Call: NA2M Call: NA2U Call: NF4A Call: NN3RP Call: NO7T Call: NX5O Call: OH1F Call: ON6NL Call: OZ1ADL Call: PP1CZ Call: RA9AU Call: RG9A Call: RY9C Call: S53M Call: TF3AO Call: UA4M Call: UP4L Call: UW5M Call: VA2AM Call: VA2UP Call: VA3PC Call: VA7KO Call: VE3CX Call: VE3KI Call: VE3UTT Call: VE4EAR Call: VE7CC Call: VE7CF Call: VE7IO Call: VK3TDX Call: W1BYH Call: W3FV Call: W4DXX Call: W4GKM Call: W4TMO Call: W6RLL Call: W6SX Call: W70M Call: W7IJ Call: W7RN Call: W7VXS Call: W7WW Call: WU6W Call: WV0T Call: WX4G Call: YL9T Class: Single Op LP Call: 9A6A Call: AB4SF Call: AC0E Call: DF4WC Call: DK3CW Call: DL1ZBO Call: DL5AOJ Call: DO6SR Call: DO9ST Call: EA3KU Call: F4GDI Call: F5BEG Call: F5RD Call: FG1PP Call: G3Y Call: GU0SUP Call: HG8C Call: HL5YI Call: IK1DFH Call: K3FH Call: K4EDI Call: K4FTO Call: K4MIL Call: K4TOJ Call: K7TQ Call: KB3LIX Call: KB5JC Call: KD9MS Call: KE0G Call: KG4IGC Call: KH6GMP Call: KI4EEY Call: KK4EIR Call: KR1ST/3 Call: KS0M Call: KX7L Call: LY2FN Call: LY6A Call: M0CFW Call: N2CU Call: N2FF Call: N2WK Call: N3QE Call: N3UA Call: N4CW Call: N6OIL Call: N8HM Call: NC5O Call: NW2K Call: NX0I Call: OE1MCU Call: OM0DX Call: ON4CT Call: ON6OM Call: OP4A Call: R7MM Call: S56A Call: SP2MKI Call: SP6IHE Call: TF3PPN Call: VA1CHP Call: VA7AM Call: VA7RY Call: VA7ST Call: VE2EBK Call: VE3AJ Call: VE3JI Call: VE3XAT Call: VE3XD Call: VE7BC Call: VY2LI Call: W0PV Call: W0RAA Call: W1ZD/7 Call: W3DQN Call: W3SFG Call: W4EE Call: W4GDG Call: W4WWQ Call: W5JBO Call: W6TK Call: W7RTX Call: W9ILY Call: WA1DRQ Call: WB2COY Call: WB2RHM/4 Call: WB4MSG Call: WB8YYY Call: WE4M Call: YO9HP Call: YU1AST Call: Z39A Class: Single Op QRP Call: K2YG