published by n2yo on Tue, 2013-10-01 00:53
Had 5 ops that had minimal contesting or ham radio or n1mm experience, do this operation was a bit less polished than others may have been in the past. This said, it was lots of fun and much was learned. Conditions were great, especially on 10! Been a while since it's been that good. 'Roasted' a remote switch box on 10 with all the CQ'ing, the power and 1.7:1 SWR on the stack. Hey, that's the way it goes sometimes.
published by n2yo on Tue, 2013-02-12 02:33
A good time was had by all. Plenty of ops, plenty of sleep, plenty of food, plenty of drink and plenty of propagation. Late in the weeks, LOTS of ugly problems cropped up. Most were taken care of and the couple that were left, were not too bad. Friday afternoon, I discovered a S/N problem that would have killed the whole weekend for us. The crew at N1MM solved it and had a new version out in about an hour and a half. Big thanks to them!
published by n2yo on Tue, 2012-10-16 12:28
Did not like what I saw re condx before the contest and after first 3 hours decided I MUST have something better to do. Worked on/off the rest of Sat and Sun. Put a total time in off just under 7 hours. Beautiful wx this weekend, so found many, more productive things to do outside. Thanks to all for the contacts!
published by n2yo on Tue, 2012-10-02 12:36
What a great weekend! Great friends, great conditions and we introduced three folks to the world of RTTY contesting. We had a pair of delightful young ladies join us. Sally G2YL who is residing in Northern Virginia put a lot of Qs in the log and provided great diversity to the usual contest weekend banter. While, Steve's NR4Ms daughter, Jennifer, has grown accustomed to all the contest 'strangeness' over the years, this weekend she actually participated in it, making a number of contacts on 20 meters.
published by n2yo on Fri, 2012-08-31 23:08
Would have been nice if the SFI had been higher. Thanks for all the QSO's.
published by n2yo on Tue, 2012-08-14 01:24
published by n2yo on Tue, 2012-03-06 01:47
George, K4GM, and I decided to do this just for the fun of it. I'm rather new to RTTY contesting, so wanted to experiment and learn. George, just wanted to have fun. Decided months ago to make the move over to N1MM, and have been able to make things work on CW. The week prior to the contest, I got all the K3 stations up and running with N1MM, but NEVER could get the Orion II and Omni 6 working on 10/15. (Software can make you feel soooooo small....) Forced to used brand 'W', which I have been using with no real issues for years. ALL the rigs immediately work with 'W', so went with that.
published by n2yo on Tue, 2012-03-06 01:42
For some reason, just wasn't too 'up' for this contest and didn't have the enthusiasm I should have. I quit an hour early, while running 40 and went and when to a Sushi restaurant.
published by n2yo on Tue, 2012-03-06 01:37
It sure was fun doing diddles in a M/M setting with the gang from the Goat Farm in the CQWPX RTTY contest. We kind of thought that with the flux dropping to 99 the high bands may suffer, but ten seemed good to Eur Saturday and even better Sunday.
Pile-ups on 15, Saturday and Sunday mornings, were incredible. With Eur being decent on 80, it seems like it was a great compromise propagation-wise.
published by n2yo on Tue, 2012-03-06 01:33
Can't really add to what has already been written about the FANTASTIC conditions. Everything was open all the time, it seemed. Some of the EU signals on 10 and 15 were super loud! Being a RTTY contester with limited experience, W4PK and N2QT, showed me how they were using two digital windows, each with a different antenna source. Thought this was really a neat thing.
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