World Wide Digi DX Contest - 2023
Call: NN4RB
Operator(s): NN4RB
Station: NN4RB
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: FM07
Operating Time (hrs): 7:00
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80:
40: 36 7
20: 80 23
15: 42 18
10: 10 7
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Total: 168 55 Total Score = 18,425
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Started three hours late using FT4. I had high expectations; however, contacts
were slow. I found things confusing about the right frequency to use and
whether to use the special formats. It appeared that other were having the same
problems. Ken (K4XL) and I were the only locals reporting on the online contest
site. I watched Ken getting a few and I was keeping up, but it was slow. I
didn't know where Ken was operating, but I was on 10-meters and then 15-meters.
I tried a few on FT8 on 10-meters. Most were not working the contest and
sending the signal report and didn't understand that wasn't sending the signal
report. I soon discovered that I had to resend the 73 a couple of times before
they would stop transmitting and move on. I saw Pete (W4WWQ) reporting, but his
report was confusing. I managed to catch Ken's score with more multipliers and
finally contacts. I looked at Pete's report and he had doubled my contacts and
climbing. I wondered how he was doing that, and figured that I needed some
schooling on WW Digi contesting. I quit early and did not get back in the
chair. I found that N1MM+ was making many mistakes and confusing operation. It
would not clear dupes and kept changing the call entry field in a contact. I
would go back and forth between the previous contact and the present. I want to
see only the present one in the field, so I could see the direction that the
antenna should turned. This was especially true when I would call and no
answer. Unless N1MM+ has some better WSJT-X operation, I may use another
software. I heard and worked Ken (K4XL), John (N4QWF), and David (N4IW).
Had fun, but need schooling.
Rick
NN4RB
IC-7610
SteppIR 3E/40-meter at 62'
80 Optimized Di-Pole at 50'
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