KC5YKX

Reid Hill   1042 Burkshire Dr   Corpus Christi   Texas   78412

Nueces County   EL17HR   CQ Zone 04   ITU Zone 07

ARRL RR 2003
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kc5ykx at swbell.net

This was my first ever RTTY experience and of course my first RTTY contest. AD5CA, Mark, talked me into this one. After he had so much fun in the OK RTTY contest he persuaded me to give it a go. Got N1MM running with MMTTY and away I went. I really enjoyed this one. Whoever says RTTY is dead needed to tune this one in and listen to the hoards of stations on. Had my usual limited antenna problems. 20 absolutely sucked on the 40/80! 15 was good on the A99. EU stations on 10 just where not as abundant as in phone contest. 15 was the money band but I wish I would of had a beam to catch the EU and JA openings. And of course a better antenna on 20 could help too. 40 was good and I just did not give 80 a chance because I quit to early on Saturday and did not get up early on Sunday. My best DX was OR3T (ON4UN) on 40 at 23:16 Sunday afternoon. Had a blast and will do more RTTY contesting in the future.

Placed 9th in the West Gulf Division

Equipment used:

Yaesu MKV FT-1000MP, A99 (10 & 15 meters) 40/80 trap inverted vee (20, 40 and 80 meters)

N1MM Logger

Score:

Band     QSOs     Mults     Totals

                                                                                 3.5          28                1             28

                                                                                   7             46             16           720

                                                                                  14              9               1                9

                                                                                   21       130              27       3483

                                                                                   28          45              17          765

                                                                            Total        258             62     15872

Best Rate:

2003-01-05 22:42 - 3.0 per minute (1 minute(s)), 180 per hour by KC5YKX

2003-01-05 22:58 - 1.3 per minute (10 minute(s)), 78 per hour by KC5YKX

2003-01-05 22:58 - 0.8 per minute (60 minute(s)), 45 per hour by KC5YKX

My Best Runs:

2003-01-04 22:37 - 22:57, 21123 kHz, 12 Qs, 37.0/hr

2003-01-04 23:11 - 23:41, 21117 kHz, 15 Qs, 30.4/hr

2003-01-05 22:30 - 23:11, 21106 kHz, 35 Qs, 51.5/hr