Michael, Welcome to the wonderful world of RTTY. You did really well for your first time.
Thanks for the Q on 80. The next RTTY contest is the BARTG sprint on Jan 23 and 24. I hope to see you there! 73, Glenn WB5TUF From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Rapp via BVARC Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2016 7:13 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> Cc: Michael Rapp <[email protected]> Subject: [BVARC] KT5MR's RTTY RU Effort ARRL RTTY Roundup Call: KT5MR Operator(s): KT5MR Station: KT5MR Class: Single Op LP QTH: Dickinson, TX Operating Time (hrs): 15 Summary: Band QSOs ------------ 80: 54 40: 0 20: 183 15: 114 10: 18 ------------ Total: 369 State/Prov = 51 Countries = 15 Total Score = 24,354 Easily my favorite mode....I'll probably never do a SSB contest again (too stressful)! RTTY is so much more fun. My 40 meter antenna ate itself just hours before the contest, so I lost an entire band there. The last RTTY contest I did was last summer (NAQP) and my 80 meter antenna was so noisy as to be unusable. In winter, it seems it fairs much, much better. I also dramatically improved my receive by monitoring my soundcard's input levels and turning AGC off for the most part. And no matter what I do in amateur radio, I always seem to suffer from "mic fright," even on the digital modes. After watching some of the RTTY rockstars (P49X, AA5AU, W6SX, etc) carefully, I refined my macros and had a go at running on fifteen meters a bit higher up the band away from the chaos. It wasn't as bad or intimidating as I thought! Running was actually quite fun....and a bit of a rush when all the callsigns start coming at you. 73, -- /*/-=[Michael / KT5MR]-=/*/
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