<031117 21:38:46 TX> RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY CQ CQ CQ DE N4QA N4QA N4QA CQ CQ CQ DE N4QA N4QA N4QA CQ CQ CQ DE N4QA N4QA N4QA PSE K <031117 21:39:33 RX> EWKX,;UXPSVXYUBXBQUCXKQWKJXVVKGMXJVX7KKQP2'EQJUSPZUKXYVGVSPVKMXIVMFKJWXL;8//:/FMGKJK;4XDIVXVVJCM <031117 21:40:08 TX> RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY CQ CQ CQ DE N4QA N4QA N4QA CQ CQ CQ DE N4QA N4QA N4QA CQ CQ CQ DE N4QA N4QA N4QA PSE K <031117 21:41:05 RX> WQHUPQSYWQVYAXXKRXK;XTQ KS0M KS0M KS0M <031117 21:41:35 TX> KS0M KS0M KS0M DE N4QA N4QA N4QA TU UR 599-599 QTH RADFORD VIRGINIA RADFORD VIRGINIA NAME IS BIL L BILL RIG IS SMALL WONDER LABS DSW-20 DSW-20 RUNNING 500 MILLIWATTS 500 MILLIWATTS TO LONGWIRE LONGWIRE SOFTWARE IS MMTTY MMTTY HMBRW INTFC HMBRW INTFC HW CPY? KS0M DE N4QA PSE K <031117 21:42:27 RX> N4QA DE KS0M GA BILL AND UR RIG SOUNDS GREAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT A 567 OR 579 REPORT IF THAT IS A RTTY REPORT HI NAME DICK DICK QTH FULTON, MO FULTON, MO RUNNING 50 WATTS INTO A 4 ELE YAGI UP 55 FT BTU BILL N4QA DE KS0M <031117 21:44:04 TX> RRR KS0M DE N4QA N4QA FB DICK TNX FER THE REPORT CONGRATULATIONS...YOU ARE MY VERY FIRST RTTY QSO USING THIS MODIFIED DSW-20 AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH WELL THE WEATHER HR TODAY IS CLEAR AND COOL..WAS WARM EARLIER VERY NICE WEATHER FOR NOVEMBER... ONLY BEGAN GETTING ON RTTY THIS SPRING USING THE ROCK-MITE-20 AND HAC HAVE NOW GRADUATED TO A DDS DDS RIG GIVING ME SOME FREQ AGILITY...SO DICK HW COPY ? KS0M DE N4QA K <031117 21:46:34 RX> N4QA DE KS0M BILL IT IS ALWAYS FUN TO GET A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON THE AIR. THE SIG I S VERY STEADY EXCEPT FOR THE BAND SWINGS WE ARE GETTING NOW. I HAVE BEE N DOING RTTY ABOUT 5 YEARS AND MOSTLY DO CONTESTS. WX HAS BEEN CLOUDY ALL DAY WITH SOME FINE MIST MY RTTY SET UP IS OLD FASHIONED KAM PLUS AND HOSTMASTER SOFT WARE. BUT I DO HAVE A RIGBLASTER IN THE SHACK AND HOPE TO UP GRADE SOON BTU BILL N4QA DE KS0M <031117 21:48:19 TX> KS0M DE N4QA N4QA FB DICI DICK WELL YOUR SETUP SOUNDS CLEAN AND STRONG HERE NO PROBLEMS S WHATSOEVER..THIS IS SO EXCITING. IVE BEEN BRAGGING ABOUT THIS RIG ON QRP-L FOR MONTHS SO NOW I CAN GO TELL THE GUYS AND GALS THAT SUCCESS IS FINALLY HERE HI HIHI I CAME HOME FROM WORK EARLY TO GET THIS THING LASHED UP AND ON THE AIR AND WAS BEGINNING TO THINK IT WAS A NO GO UNTIL YOUR MONSTEROUS SIGNAL BROKE THE SILENCE. WORK FOR GENERAL ELECTRIC IN SALEM VA IN SYSTEMS TEST...FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS THERE NOW ONE HOUR COMMUTE EACH WAY BUT ITS A FUN PLACE TO WORK OK DICK HOWS THE PROP HOLDING UP ? BTU KS0M DE N4QA <031117 21:51:58 RX> KNMXRQA DE KS0M BILL THATS THE PROBLEM WITH MY ST UP. IT WORKS AND I AM NOT TOO EAGER TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. HI HI I AM NOT FAMILIER WI TH YOUR PARTICULAR RIG. BUT, IT IS REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB. THE SIGNAL IS CLEAN AND STEADY. AS I SAID THERE IS SOME QSB DUE TO BAND CONDX. I AM AGE 77 AND A RETIRED OPTOMETRIST. I HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME FOR RADIO, BUT NAT AS MUCH AS I EXPECTED I STILL STAFF THE EYE CLINIC AT A LOCAL S TATE MENTAL HOSPITA A HALF DAY A WEEK . SO , I STILL KEEP BUSY AT THE . Y OU SHOULD TRY THAT RIG IN SOME OF THE RTTY CONTESTS. BE A CHALLANGE AND A LOT OF FUN BTU BILL N4QA DE KS0M V <031117 21:54:06 TX> RRR KS0M DE N4QA FB DICK VERY INTERESTING....SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY BETWEEN OVERS...HAVE TO MOVE A JUMPER AND CLICK THE MOUSE TO GO FROM TRANSMIT TO RECEIVE RIGHT NOW....BUT PLAN TO MAKE THIS THING A BIT MORE U AUTOMATIC IN THE NEAR FUTURE...THIS RIG IS DESIGNED BY DAVE K1SWL IN CONNECTICUT AND IS A DANDY LITTLE CW RIG...OR SHOULD I SAY NOW ITS A DANDY CW AND RTTY RIG HIH HHI ALSO, I DONT TYPE SO WELL SO THAT SLOWS THINGS DOWN A MITE AS WELL. FB YOUR WORK DICK SOUNDS LIKE YOURE STAYING PLENTY BUSY IN 'RETIREMENT' HI HI OK DICK, ILL SIGN WHILE THE SIGNING IS GOOD THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING ME PROVEOUT THE NEW RTTY RIG AND IM SURE WE WILL MEET MANY TIMES HERE IN THE RTTY SUBBNA SUBBAND 73 73 HAVE A GREAT EVENINGG BTU DICK KS0M DE N4QA PSE K <031117 21:57:58 RX> DCS0M HEY BILL, I AM A 2 FINGER TYPIST SO I MAY BE SLOWER THAN YOU. I AM STILL USING MY OLD TEN TEC PARAGON RIG. I CAN LOWER THE POWER TO 2 WATTS AND I DO THAT SOMETIMES JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT. YOUR SIG HAS HELD UP JUST GREAT AND YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT RIG. TELL Y OUR FRIENDS I THINK IT IS A GREAT RIG FROM THE RECEIVE END. THANKS FOR THE FB QSO BILL AND MAYBE WE MIGHT MEET AGAIN HAVE A GOOD EVENING 73 AND GOOD LUCK N4QA DE KS0M SK <031117 21:59:31 TX> RRR MY PLEASURE DICK THANKS AGAIN AND CULATER KS0M DE N4QA SK DIT DIT <031117 22:00:05 RX>