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7E3E  
MANY THANKS TO ALL STATIONS made valid QSO with us, we are member
of ORARI LOKAL KEDIRI, 6-8JNUARI2024
 
7K1III  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
7M3LDC  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
7N2UQC  
I could enjoy the good contest.
Tnx for a fine contest again.
IC-7600, Dipole-Ant.
 
9A7B  
VY BAD PROPAGATION
 
AA4HG  
Nothing like losing the power supply on the main rig at 03:30Z.  Guess it's time to go to bed! 
Sorry to whom I was working.  That's why you didn't get the response.
 
AD4TT  
What a great year, this contest gets better every year.
 
DJ2IA  
IC-7610 90Watts Quad Vertical Dipole MMTTY/USB
 
DK4WW  
Nice contest. Good start in contest year 2024. 
Cheers!
Uwe
DK4WWW
 
DL0RDG  
IC 7400   100W   Ant.  Vertical
 
DL2PK  
ICOM IC 7300; 7 Band Dipol; LDG 600 HF9V
 
DL3RAR  
Antennas:
 
DL5LS  
Nice Test
 
DL7AUO  
Flexradio 6700
Antennas: Dipols only
 
DL7YS  
Great contest ! Will be definitely there next year with more time on the radio!
73 de DL7YS, Peter
 
DL9MFY  
Fldigi, AFSK, VOX, FT5000DX, 50 watt, 5-ele KT36
 
DN4TG  
DN4TG is an Training Station
Trainee yl Silvia use this call
Advisor DL8TG
 
E70Y  
only 3H
 
EA3Y  
Setup RTX Icom 7000 - Ant 10-15-20 Beam Yagui and Wires
 
EA4BAS  
Icom 7300
eaxBeam
Dipole Bazooka 40-80
 
EA4HPY  
Flex 6400
Antennas:
 
EA8AQV  
Yaesu FT-897D Dipole Windom
 
EA8DIG  
Antennas:
 
EC5W  
Flexrado
Antennas:
 
EI7M  
A fun contest. Unfortunately some equipment failure lost us some Q's but happy enough apart from
that. See you all next time!
 
EW8OM  
73!
 
F4CVO  
Little participation with antenna vertical R7000 broken 40m to 15m,
qrv with 16m wire endfeld and 100w.  Thanks all for qso GL.
 
F4IRV  
HAPPY NEW YEAR !
 
F5TLF  
Only 40m Band with single dipole
 
F6AGM  
Tried 2BSIQ for the first time ... !
 
G2B  
First contest of any description for a long time. Struggled to get going on Saturday, but glad I
kept at it for Sunday. Thanks so much to everyone for making this a great Contest. :-)
 
G2E  
Rig: Yaesu FTdx101D, antennas: verticals for all bands, in a rural location on a farm. Bands were
all in fairly reasonable shape. 10m closed a little early. Threw in the towel 2 hours before the end
- this CWop isn't used to so many hours of RTTY diddling! Thanks for the Q's!

73, Roger, G2E / M0ORD
 
GU0SUP  
Sadly, the bands closed early here at the start, but WY and KH6 for
the first two Q's on 20m seemed good, but 20 was dead by 1915UTC,
and 40m was very poor, so that it was it for me until Sunday morning.
Started on 40m, thinking it would be mostly EU, so very pleased to
get CA in the log, along with SD and AZ. Good to see the higher
bands playing nicely, although I didn't make so many Q's there.
Mostly S&P, as that was the best way to pick up mults.
I was very pleased to get WA, MT, ID plus KL7 and SK in the log
before ending.
 
HA0GK  
RIG FT 450AT
POWER 5W
ANT. 6 BAND WINDOM
 
HA50HK  
Great contest.
 
HA6NL  
ICOM756pro 100w
dipole, delta loop, HF4v
 
HF150WW  
RIG:FTdx101D PWR:15 ANT:DeltaLoop
 
I2XLF  
KENWOOD TS450S  ANT DIPOLE
 
IK2OVT  
TNX VY NICE TEST - TNX x YOUR JOB x TEST - OK PROPAGATION 10/15 MT. GL ET
DX TNX  x QSOs FOR MY MINUS STATION x ANTENNAS. VY '73 ET HNY 2024 CIAO.
 
IK6RHT   [photo/doc]  
(no comments)
 
IN3OWY  
TS-590SG  ANT. VERT AND  LW
 
IP3W  
5nndxcc
 
IT9VCE  
Closed propagation in the 10 meter band, very few QSOs.
A hundred more QSOs than the previous edition, but with a very low
rate of just 30 QSOs/hour on Sunday afternoon.
300 Watts of power. Activity approximately 18 hours.
 
IT9VDQ  
100w + 5 meters balcony stylus antenna at 11th floor!
 
IU2NUB  
Sunsdr2 Pro
Antennas: Vertical
 
IW9FDD  
Nice contest I used IC-7300 and 100 Watt on a Vertical Pro.si.stel
73' de Vito IW9FDD
 
IZ1FKS  
very fine propagation conditions to NA on sunday afternoon. There is urgent need for an ARRL
Round-UP PSK contest using PSK only modes using the full RTTY band segments far from psk bandplan
frequencies. This would be a great possibility for low poer station, PSK63 is also faster than RTTY
and woth lower error rate and to save PSK modes from FTx 

73 de Phil, iz1fks
 
JA1DBG  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1IE  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA1RYC  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA2AXB  
Thanks for the contests
 
JA2HYD  
Tnx FB Contest !!
 
JA3HBF  
RIG: IC-7600 + IC-PW1(500W)
ANT:: Dipole, 3ele Yagi
 
JA3JM  
RIG:IC-706 50W   ANT:Vertical
 
JA3RAZ  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA3VOV  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA4ENY  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA4RMX  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JA8DNV  
Put your comments here.
 
JA8KGG  
RIG:IC7600M ANT:15MH HB9CV
 
JA9CWJ  
I enjoyed the contest.
See you nex year ! Yoshi
 
JA9LX  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE2CPI  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE3RMQ  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE5HTN  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JE8UHY  
RIG: ICOM IC-7300 50W
ANT: DP
Operator's License: Japanese 2nd class
Very fun contest. I want to spend much longer period next year.
 
JF1LMB  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JF1OVA  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JF1TEU  
Amateur radio activities in 2024 have begun with the ARRL RTTY contest.
 
JF1UOW  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JF2FIU  
Thank you all stations!
 
JG1LHB  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JG1UKW  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JG2REJ  
ARIGATOH!
 
JH1BHW  
I enjoyed this contest.Thanks lot.
 
JH1JJV  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH1KYA  
I vy enjoyed the contest.
 
JH1WOY  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH2LMH  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH3DMQ  
Rig: IC-7300M
ANT: 19.8mH V-DP(CD-330V)
OATH: I swer PWR down QRP 5W.
 
JH3FTZ  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH6QIL  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JH7UJU  
FT-817ND DP Yagi
 
JI1FWH  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JI1LET  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JI2IXA  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JI4WHS  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JJ1ENZ  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JK1HIY  
A happy new year.
 
JK1HWU  
100w & Long-Wire, 23mL, 10mH
CONDX was not so good on all band, but enjoyed with FTDX101MP & Touch-Pad.
Using Ctestwin & MMTTY.
 
JK1JAS  
79 years old
 
JK4JMO  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JN1FAO  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR1AQI  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
JR3GPP  
Thank you for listening to my weak signal !!
 
JR4CTF  
I enjoyed the FB contest.
 
JR7ANB  
I enjoyed the contest.
 
K0YQ  
IMO the DXing community needs to return to more RTTY focus.  The King of digi modes should not be
relegated to just contests.

HNY all.
 
K1DC  
This was certainly an exciting contest!  It started snowing
mid-day Saturday and didn't stop until the end of the contest on
Sunday.  Along with a foot of snow (~30cm) we had a power failure
and stuck antennas due to ice and an unhappy controller. Thanks
to Tony, K1KP, all the challenges were met and resolved.  As in
past events, 80M was a dead-zone, very little activity.  The
bright spot was 15M.  I missed WAS by 3 (ME, DE & WV). I did
check the contest scoreboard a few times and it was both
incentivizing and demoralizing at the same time.  The class
leader has about 2x my score!  I really need to learn the 'secret
sauce'.  I believe I set a personal best with 905 Qs in a 24hr
contest.  I'm looking forward to reviewing the logs and prepping
for the next one!
 
K2CYS   [photo/doc]  
Great contest! Conditions were quite good. Had a lot of fun even though I had to work some on
Saturday and Sunday.  But got many hours in of operating time. It was a joy to operate in my newly
renovated shack with the gas fireplace.  Comfy, cozy and QSOy!!
 
K3CCR  
K3CCR is the club station at the Collington continuing-care
retirement community at FM 18OW in MD, just east of DC. N3UM and
W5MPB did Multi-2 HP Assisted in the 2024 ARRL RTTY RU. We beat
by far our best RU of 696 Qs, doing M-1 in 2022. SFI of 155 and
low Kp helped. At 18Z start N3UM got 85 20-M Qs and 40 40-M Qs
by 2225Z & quit to eat. From 18-2341Z W5MPB got 40 10-M Qs, 69
15-M Qs, & 27 40-M Qs. After a BK to eat he got 143 80-M Qs & 5
on 40 M 0009-0449Z QRT. Back at 2350Z N3UM got 91 Qs on 40 M, 59
in a run, and quit at 0246Z to return early. Back on 1231-1314Z,
N3UM ran for 42 of 59 20-M Qs, most EU, then got 93 15-M Qs by
1624Z and quit to eat. On at 1403Z W5MPB got 58 20-M Qs & 24 10-
M Qs by 1722 and quit to eat. Back 1830-2232Z W5MPB got 7 10-M
Qs, 57 15-M Qs, & 42 20-M Qs. N3UM 1829-1939Z got 37 20-M Qs,
then 124 40-M Qs 1950-2228Z QRT, 94 in a run at 63/hr. W5MPB got
a last 39 40-M Qs 2236-2348Z QRT, & our 50th state, WV at 2332Z.
We got YB & ZD7 but no far mults to the W; no JA, VK, or ZL.
 
K3TW  
"Greetings from warm and sunny Florida."
 
K7VIT  
Last QSO with K8TJM was logged seconds after 0000 UTC.  I have
included it in my log in case he was able to log it before the
end.
I really enjoy the RTTY RU.  Thanks for sponsoring it.
73,   Jerry
 
K8LF  
A great ARRL RTTY Round Up.  I think conditions were better on
Sunday.  I had less fun on Saturday.  I setup dual decoders in
N1MM as I usually do.  I think some stations did not copy my call
sign as when I switched to running on Sunday I had lots of
station "big" stations  I worked on S&P call me  as a dupe.
Worked plenty of PVRC members and some local chapter members.
Off to a good 2024 contest year.
 
K9WX   [photo/doc]  
150 fewer QSOs than last year.  Not sure why as operating time was only down a bit and the bands
were decently quiet.  I was able to copy a lot of very weak signals.  Mults were up 5 which
cushioned the blow to my score a bit.

It took 18 minutes of calling CQ at the start of the contest before I made my first run QSO.  Weird.
 
KA0FSP  
I did all mine on ten meters! Was a blast!
 
KB2DSR  
YAESU FT-450D W 40M OCFD, LINUX, FLDIGI, & FLRIG
CONTEST STARTED WITH GOOD WX AND ENDED WITH A SNOWSTORM. HAD TO TAKE BREAKS TO SHOVEL!
ALSO CHAPERONED MY KID'S SLEEPOVER. BUSY NIGHT/DAY!
 
KB3IAI  
NO COMMENTS
 
KB8UIP  
First time trying RTTY.  Used Yaesu FT-891 with MJF-2010 OCFD, fldigi, acoustic coupling, combined
with manual PTT.
 
KC0INP  
I am fairly new to rtty only started using RTTY since I got a new rig for Christmas in 2022 so very
happy to take part in this contest mode. Enjoyed the good conditions and the activity which kept me
busy. Now I have to finish up setting my station up for CQ mode on RTTY.  Had too much fun answering
CQs to take the time to configure it. These newer radios make RTTY easy-to-use.
 
KC1NBI  
When it's time to RTTY we will always RTTY hard!
 
KC1NCN  
I'm gonna be hearing deedles in my sleep.
 
KC4LZN  
Always a fun contest. Enjoy the activity and look for the next.
 
KD4ACG  
Step 1: Learn how to operate RTTY on the rig. Step 2: Make
contacts.
Not an aggressive effort, but rather an opportunity to learn a little more about the mode, and how
to make it work on
my FT-991A in pure RTTY mode, rather than as a soundcard mode.
160 contacts, 45 mults, all on an attic antenna/HOA special...I
must be doing something right.
 
KG2U  
Great conditions & great operators.
 
KG5EIU  
Good times!!
 
KI7YFP  
All 20m contacts are 30 Watts or less due to antenna issues.
 
KJ9C  
New computer, lost all my MMTTY setup, sent with K3 and paddle
 
KK4R  
I wasn't very agressive about score in this one and spent too
much time trying to get all the states and sections.  However,
conditions were good, and there were so many stations to work!
It never got boring!  Great contest!
 
KK6L   [photo/doc]  
With a 50% chance for a solar flare looming at any time, I worked the bands furiously until the
frigid temperatures of my unheated garage drove me back into the warmth of the house with only about
100 Q's in the log. After a fitful night's rest, dreaming of all the Q's I was missing on 80 meters,
I luxuriated in a hot shower before layering up for another slog in the 38-degree icebox/garage
before church. Ironically, my shack is actually sitting on two chest freezers in the garage. Sadly,
the kids needing wrangling instead. Arriving home at about 12:45 pm on Sunday, I put my lunch order
in with the wife (she asked) and retreated again to the Frozen North, this time with a space heater
in tow. Sadly, the space heater crapped out about the time my tuna sandwich arrived. With frozen
hands, I searched and pounced around 15 meters for a while before dropping back down to 20 and then
40. I wasn't thinking straight and logged a few dupes before making a final push to break 205 (200
for my contest goal and another 5 to cover any dupes). I finally hit 206 with N7DSX being the last Q
on 40 meters. Then, I remembered it was my daughter's 11th birthday. Good cake was then had by all.
I may lose some fingers to frostbite though (j/k) :p
 
KK7JUM  
Glad to be able to participate this year. Last year the shack just
wasn't ready. Seattle had a lightning storm during the first day!! I
certainly wasn't about to stop when new WAS states were out there for
me to talk to. No worries, the storm passed to the East of us and
tormented Bellevue instead. Still I have to wonder if the weather
wasn't a factor in some of these new state contacts I got.
 
KL7BSC   [photo/doc]  
As the saying goes, it isn't an adventure until something goes wrong . . . . 

The first snag was my chosen site beings closed due to heavy snow, and the second was when I slid
off the road on the way to my backup site. After lots of shoveling and 4WD time I managed to
actually reach the Palmer Hay Flats and set up. 

The bands didn't open reliably until around 1100 local (not much sun for the ionosphere up here in
the winter), and once they did it was still taking about 40 watts to reach the lower 48 on 20, 15,
and 10 meters. 

Despite difficulties I managed a new personal best in the contest and had a ton of fun. RTTY is so
much more fun than FT8!
 
KM4RT  
ARRL RTTY RU JAN-2024
 
KM6JSR  
Need ARRL software for Cabrillo conversion
 
KO0Z  
Good seeing familiar call signs as well as new ones.  We enjoy this start of the year contest. 
Happy 2024!
 
KT4Q  
HAD NUMBEROUS COMPUTER FALURES WITCH FORCED ME TO TAKE MULTIPLE BREAKS EARLY TO FIX PROBLEMS.  NOT
SURE HOW THIS WILL WORK WITH THE TWO BREAK RULE.  EITHER WAY ENJOYED THE TIME I COULD WORK THE
CONTEST.  MISSED A FEW PROVINCES AND WV, ND AND DC.
 
KU4V  
This is one of my favorite contests of the year - a pure rate
only contest wherever you can find the Q's.
and I warmed my seat as mcuh as physically able!
Work All States and most Canada sections.
scope interface to the Flex is the greatest improvement since
sliced bread.
and keyboard click to the next station, with a rate that was
actaully better at times than CQ rates with my wire antennas and
100 Watts.
contesters' and especially PVRC members.
RTTY' stations on all bands.
 
LA6CF  
Unable to hange serialnumber, have to hit the keyboard 21 times to change one serialnumber on my
ICOM, and at 84 years of age, that does not work. Why not age, licenceyear, birthyear or date or
whatever, so we dont have to change all the time?
Dont ant to connect the ICOM  to computer. Last time ICOM was destroyed (FT4 FT8, PSK)
 
M0WGF  
January 6th ARRL RTTY Roundup
 
M4N  
FLEX6400 to Doublet at 10M
 
N0TJN  
KX2 RTTY only
 
N2HX  
the best I could do with my wire Antenna hanging in a tree
covered in ice and snow sunday only could run around 50 watts
but had fun
 
N3FR  
Another fantastic contest!  The activity was OFF THE CHARTS!
My best result for this contest due mostly to the new yagi!  
Thank you for all the contacts!  This RTTY contest is one of the best as far as no pushing or
shoving!  Very enjoyable!
Thank you, ARRL, for managing this event!
Looking forward to next year!
Bob, N3FR
 
N4AOE   [photo/doc]  
(no comments)
 
N4CW  
Best performance M/S from this QTH in this RTTY Roundup ever! Jim
had the best rate at 3 per minute on 15 during the first day.
Worked every state except WV and missed a few Canadian provinces.
Nothing blew up and the antenna didn't get stuck!
sleep instead of working through the night.
to all y'all for a fun time. 73, Bert
 
N4IW  
This was the inaugural operation of my new Astron SS-50M-AP Power
Supply and it performed flawlessly.  It just loafed along at
about 23 amps.  If the cooling fan ever came on at all I never
heard it.  I had a little trouble getting things set up for the
contest but once I got going all went well.  I am still a RTTY
and N1MM newbie but its always fun learning new things.
Regarding the contest, I mainly worked S&P but did do a few Runs
successfully late Sunday.  I wish I had done more Running.  I was
able to Work All States except for Maine and Oklahoma during the
contest.  I still need to watch a pro operate RTTY, or at least a
You-Tube Pro.  I worked quite a few PVRCers but no one locally.
I saw a spot for Jerry, W1IE, but when I went there, he was gone.
All in all, it was a fun contest.
 
N4MRM  
N/A
 
N6AN  
Portable from two SOTA summits in Southern California. Hand sent
RTTY with a KX3 @ 5watts to a 44' doublet made of a single CAT5e
twisted pair suspended from a 6 meter collapsible fishing pole.
 
N6HI  
ONE HALF WATT to a 20-Foot End-Fed Wire.
Tnx for your patience and the QSOs.
Go Arizona Outlaws! -73- John N6HI
 
N9TF  
Murphy hit early in the week with a nasty dose of COVID, that took
away all my energy reserves. 8 hours hear and there was all this old
body could take up right in the chair. My XYL and I were both down for
the COVID count this weekend. Not much focus on the band conditions.
Focus turned to serviving in the chair, and just making contacts anyway
I could. This is one contest I try not to miss if at all possible.
73 Gene, N9TF. 100 watts to 6BTV ground mounted.
 
ND2T  
We lost a planned operator due to COVID, and one radio was acting up, so we changed our plan to be
Multi-Single, and to take off some hours overnight. An operator had an audio problem making the TX
signal distorted. Turned out to be a VPN issue, and was solved at the last minute. Our scheduled
operators all showed up and spun the software well, with easy 3 hr shifts.
We had a great start on 10m with rate over 100/hr. We worked our way down to 20m. We stayed high in
Mults, thanks to the great antennas and terrain drop-off. We gradually fell behind in QSO count. The
QSOs were 80 percent from the USA, especially Minnesota and Illinois. Sunday morning had a great run
to Europe - always amazing from W6 California!
 
NF6P   [photo/doc]  
I had a blast from the RV, using the trusty FT-891, and end-fed up in the trees with elevated
radials off the back of the coach.  A part-time effort, mostly S&P, with a few short runs.  I kept
the radio at 50 watts most of the time to keep it cool. Missed WAS by one state, ME. Bummer.  418
Q's was my best contest effort in a while.  I love being retired and traveling but still having the
ability to ham and contest.
 
NK4O  
Best contact was on 40m, 5w from Miami to Hawaii with a simple vertical :-).
 
NW7D  
Fun contest, fair conditions
 
OH8KA  
IC-7400, 100W, Butternut HF6V 80-10m clone and 20m delta loop. Nice contest as always!
 
OK1HEH  
FT991 LW27m GAP Titan DX
 
OK7O  
FT1000MP MarkV, PA Acom1000 - 1 kW
dipol/80, 3el./40, 4el./20, 5el./15, 6el./10
 
OM8JP  
5 W, 3 band dipole (14,21,28)
 
ON6AT  
TRX Yaesu FT-950 100W  Ant R8 vert + Home Made Skyloop
Still noted a few doubles. But they kept calling me to work,
so in thelog.
 
PA3DTR  
Thanks for this nice contest. CU in 2025!
 
PE2K  
HNY 73, PE2K
 
PY1KNG  
ICOM IC-718 40W
ANTENNA VERTICAL 5/8 10~12Mts
ANTENNA TUNER
 
R8XF  
TX/RX: Yaesu FT-920
ANT: XL-222, DILOLE
 
RN2FQ  
TKS FOR NICE CONTEST
PWR_100 w, ANT_6el 3band Yagi, TNX FOR NICE CONTEST!de Igor.
 
RV3DBK  
TX 5 Watts Ant Magnetic Loop (indoor)
 
RX3ASQ  
Fine contest!
 
S51J  
Working frome home, just for  fun, with my FT-2000, AirspyHF+ and
vertical antenna.
 
SI3A  
YL-Operator
 
SM5TOG  
SunSDR2
Antennas: KT34+dipole
 
SP3MZ  
I
sp3mz4@gmail.com
 
SP9DTE  
100 WATTS ANTENA VERTICAL
 
SP9KJU  
FT897 80W ANT delta  loop
 
TG9ADQ  
Antenna TH6DXX Hy Gain, Rig Yaesu FT-920
 
TK5MH  
Would like to have more time to participate.
RTTY active on the bands
 
UA4FX  
TRX: SunSDR2DX
ANT: 80m- bozooka, 40m-GP
Soft: MixW
 
UA4HBM  
73!
 
UR7EC  
Thanks for the good contest
IC746 ant Delt
 
US1IV  
TNX for contest !
 
US4UU  
FlexRadio
Antennas: vertil
 
US7UK  
Antennas:
 
UT4LW  
Flex-6400
Antennas: Windom, Spider
 
UZ1WW  
73!
 
VA3RSA  
My equipment: IC-7300 at 50W running AFSK thru IC-7300 soundcard.
Software: N3FJP Logger for ARRL-RTTY, N7YG Digital Engine for AFSK.
My antennas qualify for the LIMITED category.
Antenna 1: 66 ft long horizontal Windom up 25 ft and fed with single
wire to an EMCOMM III 9:1 unun at ground level.
There are twenty on-ground radials 13'-39'. Coax run is about 50'
from antenna base to rig.
Antenna 2: 21.5 ft vertical whip base fed with 4:1 unun. Base is
3 ft above ground and there are two elevated 14 ft radials. Coax
run is about 80 ft from base to rig.
Antenna Tuners: Palstar AT2K and/or IC-7300 internal tuner.
 
VA3SB  
One of my favourite contests! Lots of activity and great signals.
 
VE2EZD  
FT-950
 
VE2OWL  
Finally enjoyed a contest with great propagation conditions.  Being with nice people enjoying RTTY,
without solar flares and a quiet geomagnetic field helped a lot.
 
VE3EDE  
First time on RTTY.
 
VE7BGP  
I had a lot of fun operating the RU Contest this year. 73 Gery
 
VK3KRL  
My first attempt at a non-SSB contest, a very different challenge.
Not many people could hear my 5w tx, but happy with the few that did, and proved I had got it setup
correctly.
Learned not to trust the computer so much when it's responsible for more than just logging (i.e.
N1MM, MMTTY, Cat control and serial sending) - lost my last QSO due to it changing window focus on
its own, so hoping my memory of the exchange was correct (at least close enough for the other party
to get positive points - even if mine go negative).
 
VK4ZP  
Conditions were down on what was expected here in Brisbane Australia but I entered just to get a
feel for the  event. I have submitted my log as a check log. But I'll be back next year to give this
contest a proper crack. 73 Peter VK4ZP
 
VO1HP  
Ocean Remote 
K3-K3Mini; KPA500; KAT500; Remote Rig Interfaces
20-15-10 8el @ 35ft
80-40 ZIO Super Vertical 80-40-30

N1MM+ & MMTTY FSK Mode:  Two days of config agony discovering how to make it all work with ESM
Lingering question: How to edit the commands sent by the INSERT key?
 
W0SD  
Wow! The band conditions were GREAT! Had a lot of fun with this one. year. Started off on 20 but
there was no rate so we soon moved to 15. 15 was wide open and was our bread and butter this year.
Happy that the two towers that were destroyed and all but a couple of the antennas that were
destroyed in May 2022 by 100mph winds are back up and on the air!
Hope to see you in the next one!
73
 
W0ZW  
10 m seemed to be a little weaker than I thought it should be, but other than that there were plenty
of stations to work on all bands.  Glad to see the level of interest by other operators in this
mode.  There is just something strangely appealing about hearing "diddle-diddle-diddle" up and down
the bands.
 
W1DGL  
Resubmitted Cabrillo due to a callsign error (typo) in the log.
 
W1QK  
Thanks for the contacts.
 
W3CHB  
First ARRL RTTY Roundup!
 
W3TB  
W3TB in Franklin, TN - Tennessee Contest Group
 
W4GHV  
G90  EFHW
 
W4LX  
Today was an instruction day for club members to learn about RTTY and RTTY contestng.
 
W4YVA  
Enjoyed it, didn't have much time this weekend due to post-holiday chores
 
W5MF  
First contest in a long time. Thanks for all the contacts,
 
W5UHQ  
GREAT CONTEST. USING STATE / PROVINCE VS OLD STANDARD OF ARRL SECTIONS
KIND OF
FOOLED MY LOGGING PROGRAMS. I CONCENTRATED MY EFFORT TO WORK AT LEAST
ONE OR TWO STATIONS ON EACH BAND SO WAS A LOT OF FUN WATCHING PROP
CHANGE SOMETIMES AT UNEXPECTED TIMES. ALSO I HAD TO FIND THIS CABRILLO
TEMPLATE BURRIED DOWN IN THE LINKS SECTION TO VERIFY WHAT DATA TYPE
THE ROBOT EXPECTED.
 
W7NZJ  
Used old school PK 232 and Lanlink Software
 
W7QDM  
I believe the rules governing on/off times are confusing and unnecessary.  Why not just say off time
is one hour or greater
 
W8WWP  
First time ever on RTTY, had a blast!
 
W9ADN  
Had to work during all the contest besides the last part but still has fun!
 
W9RE  
First time to operate in this contest.
 
WA1FCN  
This one reminded me of the good Ole days. Had
a fun time on contestonlinescoar.
I use 3 Tribanders on two short towers
2 el 40 @ 75 ft   and squashed 80 loop
 
WB0DHB  
First timer. Really enjoyed the variety of exchanges and operator courtesy.
 
WG1V  
I had great fun in the contest, despite a winter storm that dumped about 12
inches of snow on us and brought down one end of my 80-10m end-fed dipole.
I just wish I'd had more time to spend on 80m the night of the storm -- it
was hopping with signals!
 
WQ6X  
This was a WEIRD hybrid remote operation from WA6TQT's QTH in Anza.

How do you run a remote station RTTY when it has no capabilities to do so
Using the Elecraft K3/0-Mini to remote into WA6TQT's STN-2, the audio was
routed into a classic RigExpert PLUS run by N1MM locally.  Decoding the
RX RTTY was easy.  For XMIT, using VoX got around the lack of direct PTT
control.  I couldn't find the correct serial port cable to properly run
the K3/0-mini, requiring the operating frequency to be keyed in manually.
The decision was made to RUN frequencies as much as possible to make
things easier.
Overall, the band condx. were quite adequate for a RTTY weekend.
Many thanks to all those stations who put up with my Questionable QRP signal.
LooK for a picturesque write-up on this GiG at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com
 
WU6X  
ATNO in last 5 minutes ... then forgot to log it!
 
WZ6ZZ  
ANTENNA 10-80M EFHW
 
YF3CYT  
we are member ORARI LOKAL KEDIRI - KEDIRI DXC TEAM
 
YO2IS  
icom IC-7300, 90w, diamond CP6. 73 Szigy.
 
YO3RU  
Kenwood TS590SD + ICOM IC2KL (Max 500W, used at 400W)
Ant: 3 element multiband YAGI + Dipole for 80 and 40M
 
YO4CVV  
TS-480sat, Delta loop
 
YO4NT  
Horizontal Loop Antenna, multiband
 
YO4SI  
RIG: KENWOOD TS-450SAT 100 W; ANT: FD4
 
YO5AXF  
FT-897D RIG, W3DZZ AND DIAMOND CP-6 ANT
 
YO5YM  
PWR 100W ANT EFHW . TNX TO ALL CONTESTERS
 
YO6CFB  
RIG: FT-897  100W
ANT: FD4;
 
YU1KT  
IC 7300
DIPOLE/GP
ON 7 MHz 500 w
On other bands 100w
 
YW6CQ   [photo/doc]  
QRP is not the best choice when band condx are noise and with deep qsb
 
ZD7BG  
Band conditions were not perfect from the South Atlantic for this
contest.  Had to struggle at times but guess thats the way HF behaves
 
ZL3VZ  
Enjoyed the contest.  Operated portable from RE78BI. I wish to claim the Limited Antennas Overlay as
I operated with verticals and a Windom dipole. Propagation allowed better band openings to the USA
than on previous occasions but there were still long periods when, despite quite strong signals from
North America, my 100W transmission just didn't seem to make it.    My Off-times for the 24-hour
section were:  01 - 03 UT  and  15 - 19 UT.
 
ZV8H  
RIG: FT-857D - ANT: MOSLEY TA33JR - PWR: 85W