RTTY

Well, this was sure different.
I almost never do this contest because it's the week before ARRL DX CW, and I
don't want to break something and have not much time to fix it.
This time, from the beginning, it was my intent to get as many 'newbies'
involved as it could. This would include those who have operated RTTY before,
but from a very modest station, those with NO RTTY experience at all, those with
very little to NO HF operating experience at all. I got some of each to go
along with some of the regular guys.

North American QSO Party, RTTY - February

Call: NR4M
Operator(s): NR4M
Station: NR4M

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: FM18ch VA
Operating Time (hrs): 3:39

Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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80: 0 0
40: 51 23
20: 130 53
15: 34 26
10: 15 13
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Total: 230 115 Total Score = 26,450

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

CQ WPX RTTY Contest - 2024

Call: NR4M
Operator(s): NR4M
Station: NR4M

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: FM18ch VA
Operating Time (hrs): 4:02

Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 0
40: 160
20: 133
15:
10:
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Total: 293 Prefixes = 212 Total Score = 226,204

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Worked the contest some on Sunday, as I had the time.

Thanks for the Q's

Steve NR4M

ARRL RTTY Roundup - 2024
 
Call: NR4M
Operator(s): NR4M
Station: NR4M
 
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: FM18 VA
Operating Time (hrs): 12:12
 
Summary:
  Band  QSOs
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    80:    0
    40:  121
    20:  228
    15:  232
    10:   47
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Total:  628  State/Prov = 55  Countries = 62  Total Score = 73,476
 
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
 

CQ WPX RTTY Contest - 2020

Call: NR4M
Operator(s): NR4M
Station: NR4M

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: FM18 VA
Operating Time (hrs): 3:13

Summary:
Band QSOs
------------
80:
40: 58
20: 133
15: 25
10:
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Total: 216 Prefixes = 167 Total Score = 110,721

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Thanks for the Q's.

Don't know why I always choose 'assisted', when I always stay on one spot and CQ.
I guess it's nice to know how loud I am here and there

Call: NR4M
Operator(s): NR4M
Station: NR4M
 
Class: M/2 LP
QTH: FM18
Operating Time (hrs): 4:49
 
Summary:
  Band  QSOs  Mults
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    80:   83    23
    40:  144    39
    20:   24     3
    15:
    10:
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Total:  251    84  Total Score = 21,084
 
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
 
Team:
 
Comments:

Ugh! Antenna issues left and right. 80 meter 4 square went to 2:1 and stayed there. 20 meter tower prop pitch froze over night Lower antenna in 40 meter stack kaput up on the tower somewhere. etc, etc, etc. Not as much fun as it could have been. Thanks for your patience and your Q's.

Just could not get enthused about this contest. My 20 meter antennas were frozen (literally) toward EU and working the US off the back of an antenna is not much fun. And too much other stuff going on to be in a contest I really wasn't up for.

Had some 'down time' with about 2 hours to go when a double female panel feed-thru connector had finally gotten hot enough for the center pin to lose tension and no longer make a solid connection to the PL-259 center pin. Was just *a bit* discolored...