2002 CQ/NRJ World Wide RTTY Contest

WA9ALS (Multi)

This was our 2nd effort from the Black Hole of RF.  We had quite an improvement from our first try last year, but this was the complex result of great propagation, more participation, different station configuration, and a little more experience. 
                     QSOs    Points    Zones     DX     States
              80m:    142       179       11     12         43
              40m:    225       395       21     40         46
              20m:    459      1132       28     76         43
              15m:    722      1911       29     86         39
              10m:    230       571       22     60         23

            Total:   1778      4188      111    274        194  

               MULTS = 537  TOTAL CLAIMED SCORE = 2,424,852 (1,551,393 2001)
(Breakdown includes dupes)   KB9YTW:  128 Q's ( 57 2001)
                             WA9ALS:  831 Q's (628 2001)
                             WD9GMK:  844 Q's (699 2001)

                                                          
                             
Station A ( 1380 Q's):  IC-756PROII, PW-1 (KW) with C31XR or HF9V
Station B (  423 Q's):  IC-706MKIIG (100W) with HF9V or R-7

Alan, WD9GMK and Wes, KB9YTW, operating.  We used WriteLog and MMTTY with networked computers.

QRO station is to the left:  IC-756PROII with PW-1 amp to F12 C31XR at 72 ft, 600 ft from the shack.
100W station is to the right:  IC-706MKIIG to Butternut HF9V vertical.

 

Working multi-op, even from our little pistol station, is a blast!  This was our 2nd attempt at this, and we improved our personal best significantly.  We undoubtedly got some of the improvement from the great propagation enjoyed during this contest, but we also worked more hours than the year before and were generally more experienced.  My advice if you are thinking of designing your own first muti-op is to find more ops!  It's a long 48 hrs!

Thanks to Alan and Wes for doing this contest with me again this year, and to our XYLs who did numerous things to make the 48 hrs more enjoyable and for putting up with us in general!  73 - John (WA9ALS)