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>Date: Sat, 09 Oct 1999 13:42:02 +0100
>From: Eddie Schneider <g0azt@themail.co.uk>
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>Subject: CQWW SOA TY1RY
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>1999 CQ/RJ WW RTTY Contest
>
>
>Call used: TY1RY
>Location: TY
>
>Entry Class: Single Op, Assisted (WWW via 2 GHZ radio link to satellite)
>
>Band QSOs Pts QTH DX Zones
>80 1 1 0 1 1 (guess who?)
>40 94 279 23 32 17
>20 597 1766 49 72 26
>15 719 2127 48 75 25
>10 577 1706 44 71 25
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>Total 1988 5879 164 251 94
>
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>
>Claimed Score: 2,992,411
>
>Software: RTTY by WF1B v4.4f
>
>Power Output: 1KW all day & night
>
>Rig: Yaesu System 600 (commercial)
>Amp: JRL solid state, no tune smoke blower
>TNC: PTC-2 + PK232 for tuning
>Ants: Log periodic 10-30 @ 65ft, 40-2CD fixed USA @ 45ft, G5RV (too low)
>
>SOAPBOX:
>
>Mucho pre contest work required. Removed badly corroded 40m beam from
>Peter's home QTH and erected it at the office after manufacturing new
>X-hats
>and replacing many U-bolts. The local work force were fantastic but most
>of Friday was spent 'discussing' the problems of palm trees,guy wires
>and
>other coax runs which were impeding the installation :-)
>
>By night fall the beam was eventually in place but fixed to the USA.
>The G5RV was slung up btwn two palm trees with the aid of flash lights.
>
>Go time rapidly approached and I soon found out the the rig was very
>easily
>'swamped' (no adjustable AGC) by strong signals close by. On many
>occassions
>I had to QSY because my rate dropped :-(
>
>80m SUCKS from West Africa but I knew that from our 1996 trip and
>therefore
>more time was spent on the higher bands assuming that no one else would
>be as stupid as me and deprive themselves of sleep. WRONG! Jacob,P43P
>really showed
>some stamina and Barry, W2UP proved to me that 2 radios should be
>banned, hi hi.
>
>It was great fun, while in S&P mode, to call stations and note the
>pregnant pause as they doubled checked their screens :-) One comment on
>the DXcluster really made me smile, "TY1RY with a "phat" signal on xyz
>freq."
>
>Peter,TY1PS and his family, were wonderful hosts and I actually had
>time, post contest, to get in some sight seeing.
>
>THANKS to all who worked me, I had a great time, hope you all did too.
>
>73 GL/DX de Eddie G0AZT (ex Ty1RY)
>
>
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