Today I participated in my first RTTY contest – actually it was also the first time I used digi modes at all.
My equipment:
- Aerial: 20/15/10m Tribander, 80/40m Inverted VEE
- RIG: Yaesu FT-897D; PWR: 50 W
- Interface: G4ZLP Digimaster Pro
- SW: N1MM + MMTTY
I started on 40 metres, where I made the first (and only) QSO at about 06:28 UTC (btw. thanks to F5OAM for my 1st RTTY QSO!), then I moved to the 20 metres for the rest of contest (except for 1 QSO on 15m).
During the whole contest I made 65 QSOs to 24 DXCC countries, 7 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces. For all the time I was S&Ping, even though now I regret a little I didn’t try CQing for a while…
I had almost no problem transmitting, most of stations read my “DE OK1CLD OK1CLD OK1CLD” right after 1st calling. However, I lost some of potential QSOs, because quite often I wasn’t able to read CQing station’s callsign. Sometimes it was due to weaker signal, sometimes there was a strong signal close to caller’s freq that “erased” everything around. Maybe it would help if I set up either my radio or MMTTY differently – have to try and find some tips on Internet.
Two weeks from now there will be OK RTTY Contest (contest rules – scroll down to the bottom of page), so if I have time I’ll try to set up my equipment better and to make more QSOs than today… and I hope to hear you during the contest! :-)
Table of contacted DXCC entities:
| DXCC entity |
3.5 MHz |
7 MHz |
14 MHz |
21 MHz |
28 MHz |
All bands |
| France |
0 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
| Finland |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| United States of America |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| Netherlands |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Ukraine |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
| Belgium |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| England |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| European Russia |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Canada |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Portugal |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Romania |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Scotland |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Asiatic Russia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Bulgaria |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Cyprus |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Iceland |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Italy |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Japan |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Kazakhstan |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Serbia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Spain |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Sweden |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| UK Sov. Base Areas on Cyprus |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Wales |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Table of contacted U.S. states:
| U.S. state |
3.5 MHz |
7 MHz |
14 MHz |
21 MHz |
28 MHz |
All bands |
| Illinois |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Maryland |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| New York |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Oklahoma |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Pennsylvania |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Tennessee |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Virginia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Table of contacted Canadian provinces:
| Canadian prov. |
3.5 MHz |
7 MHz |
14 MHz |
21 MHz |
28 MHz |
All bands |
| New Brunswick |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Quebec |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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TARA RTTY Mêlée 2009
Today I participated in my first RTTY contest – actually it was also the first time I used digi modes at all.
My equipment:
I started on 40 metres, where I made the first (and only) QSO at about 06:28 UTC (btw. thanks to F5OAM for my 1st RTTY QSO!), then I moved to the 20 metres for the rest of contest (except for 1 QSO on 15m).
During the whole contest I made 65 QSOs to 24 DXCC countries, 7 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces. For all the time I was S&Ping, even though now I regret a little I didn’t try CQing for a while…
I had almost no problem transmitting, most of stations read my “DE OK1CLD OK1CLD OK1CLD” right after 1st calling. However, I lost some of potential QSOs, because quite often I wasn’t able to read CQing station’s callsign. Sometimes it was due to weaker signal, sometimes there was a strong signal close to caller’s freq that “erased” everything around. Maybe it would help if I set up either my radio or MMTTY differently – have to try and find some tips on Internet.
Two weeks from now there will be OK RTTY Contest (contest rules – scroll down to the bottom of page), so if I have time I’ll try to set up my equipment better and to make more QSOs than today… and I hope to hear you during the contest! :-)
Table of contacted DXCC entities:
Table of contacted U.S. states:
Table of contacted Canadian provinces: