2004 ARRL RTTY Roundup
01/05/2004 |
VE2OWL
I won't say I made a great "performance", but it was a great event to "get together" again this year.
It was nice to have quiet geomagnetic conditions, especially on 80 and 40 meters. I could hear and contact many stations that I wouldn't have heard otherwise: my 100 Watts, my city location and my low dipole are not big performers.
I wish I could have heard Alaska, because I would have had all 50 states.
A consolation prize: I *finally* contacted Hawa(yesssssss!), with contacts with KH7X during the contest! It is the last state I needed to confirm for a WAS made entirely during any of the previous Roundups.
Where are my envelopes ? ...
It is the beginning of a new year, let's make some suggestions: why not make the Roundup an entirely low power event ? With the crowded bands and all this computer decoding, it should be possible ... and it would promote more efficient modes.
See you again, Stef -- VE2OWL
It was nice to have quiet geomagnetic conditions, especially on 80 and 40 meters. I could hear and contact many stations that I wouldn't have heard otherwise: my 100 Watts, my city location and my low dipole are not big performers.
I wish I could have heard Alaska, because I would have had all 50 states.
A consolation prize: I *finally* contacted Hawa(yesssssss!), with contacts with KH7X during the contest! It is the last state I needed to confirm for a WAS made entirely during any of the previous Roundups.
Where are my envelopes ? ...
It is the beginning of a new year, let's make some suggestions: why not make the Roundup an entirely low power event ? With the crowded bands and all this computer decoding, it should be possible ... and it would promote more efficient modes.
See you again, Stef -- VE2OWL
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