Fun contest.... how my claimed score came out to modem bps rate from the mid 1990s is just weird....
North American QSO Party, RTTY - February Call: KT5MR Operator(s): KT5MR Station: KT5MR Class: Single Op LP QTH: STX Operating Time (hrs): 10 Summary: Band QSOs Mults ------------------- 80: 98 33 40: 59 26 20: 110 40 15: 51 19 10: 2 2 ------------------- Total: 320 120 Total Score = 38,400 Club: Team: Comments: NAQP is probably my favorite contest, given that I actually can work the entire time without giving up an entire weekend and still have time to sleep. Still working out the bugs with my 40 meter antenna as I am limited to 40 watts on that band given RFI issues. Used two 2Tone decoders (Selective and Flutter) in addition to MTTY for the first time. With good to strong signals, both decoded equally well, with the edge given to MTTY simply due to its speed. For marginal signals, 2Tone was clearly superior resulting in clear print where MTTY was just completely garbled. During times in which 2Tone was needed, Selective was the most useful by far, but a few times Flutter decoded the call sign when Selective and MTTY did not. I ran more in this contest than I have ever done. Sometimes this strategy did not pan out as I went for long periods of time with no callers. I need to work on more effectively switching between running and S&Ping. I also need to rearrange my off times. 40 and especially 80 are my weakest bands with my low antennas. The last hour of the contest I barely made 25 contacts. Next time I'll take my off periods later in the contest rather than earlier. 73, -- /*/-=[Michael / KT5MR]-=/*/ _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
