Ran barefoot here, into a dipole at 40'. 2 stereo cables, a serial
cable (for band info) and ran in VOX mode. 420 Qs, 235,296 pts. Only
my 3rd RTTY contest. I had never done it at all before getting my K3
in March.
David Wilburn
NM4M
http://www.nm4m.com
G4MKP wrote:
I worked the CQWW RTTY contest last weekend. After nearly 30 years of
amateur radio operating, I have never had more than a handful of RTTY
QSOs so I struggled from the start with accepted contest procedures and
also the rig set-up necessary to maximise copy of the wanted signals and
the rejection of adjacent signals. I cracked the procedures quite
quickly but the copy problems continued for some hours until I cracked
the filter set-up. Once I set the high and low cuts to just past the
mark/space tones it was so simple and I posted 260k+ points easily. I
have the filter shape settings for this type of contesting saved now.
Another problem for me was the line input from my pc for the tones was
set at ‘3’, anything more and the whole thing over modulated and caused
my linear to pop, especially on 80m.
Having said how flawlessly the K3 performed, it was complemented by
N1MM’s cracking software which does just about everything for you.
Whether I was running or S&P the only effort required was turning the
VFO and clicking the mouse – easy contesting! (Oh dear! Another
marketing slogan from me – sorry). I’m looking forward to seeing how
this set-up works in the SSB and cw legs over the next couple of months.
Cheers,
Terry
G4MKP
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