I could enjoy the good contest.
Tnx for a fine contest again.
IC-7600, Dipole-Ant.

VERRY GOOD CONTEST

My 33rd RTTY Roundup. It never gets old.

Both FT8 and RTTY - Novice Class

Elevated 19' wire vertical @ 31' with 3 counterpoise wires @ 12
Enjoyed the contest! Thanks for putting it on!!

Lost time at beginning of contest having to reinstall logging software and
reconfiguring.  Afterwards, spent time with PC attempting to get logging
software and rig communicating to each other.  Finally got it working late that evening.  Lots of
fun making OSO's.  Only did S&P, but sure if I had ran, I could have done better.  This was my first
time in the ARRL RTTY RU. Thanks for the QSO's.

Best fun I've had with 30 watts in a long time!

For me, 80M was the best band in time/Q.
It was nice to see 15M somewhat open.

My first RU since 2018 - it was good to be back, and to hear many familiar
calls.  It was also my first RTTY contest using the Apple Mac OS environment.  I used flrig, fldigi
and RUMLogNG with my Omni VII.  It took a while to get the three applications talking to one
another, but everything was working, the contest was a lot of fun.  Using a waterfall for tuning,
instead of an XY scope, was a much easier adjustment than I expected.  Tnx QSOs!

Not exactly a personal best, but certainly a good bit of fun for
the first contest of the new year! Hoping to be more radioactive
in 2021!

I usually multiop with local club and friends.COVID-19 changed all that. Wanted to tinker with
RTTY(FSK)/N1MM+/MMTTY/IC-7610. First try with that combo. Busy weekend yet managed to get everything
going in the heat of battle- but not before 'breaking' my rig interface while working to get RTTY
up. First 15 Q's were logged before realizing interface was inop... Ran 100 Watts or less at times.
Good hardware test overall. HNY all.

IC-7100 100W feeding a Buddipole 1/4 wave vertical in my backyard.  Conditions in Alaska were less
than stellar for this contest despite having been great in the days leading up to the contest.  N1MM
bug with WSJT-X struck 5 or 6 times, likely costing a few exchanges but the bigger issue was poor
propagation.  I estimate a busted exchange rate of nearing 50% due to rapidly fluctuating
propagation.  Regardless, it was a fun contest!  Looking forward to the next one.

Muchas gracias por permitirme participar en tan importante concurso, fue un placer poder contactar
con tantos colegas de diferentes entidades, gracias a todos por confirmar nuestro QSO en QRZ.COM,
LOTW, ÇHRDLog y CLUBLog, nos encontramos pronto en otros, 73 Humberto CO7HNS

Low use of FT4 and frequency FT8 limitations on Europe.
Very low number of stations working on 15m for the contest on Ft8/FT4.

To be honest, on FT8 the contest was a nightmare. WSJT-X crashed several times, resetting the
tx-counter and changing the ADIF-header. Mistakes of the WSJT-X auto sequencer caused lot of NILs or
invalid QSOs. The issue is, that WSJTX-answers unsolicited R-reports or R-Reports confirming "old"
reports with RR73. It pops up the log session requesting the transmitted report. Unfortunately, if
canceled, the QSO will be NIL, if entered, the tx-control number is doubled. All the problems were
reported to the WSJT-X team, but up to now no answer received. Another issue is that the ARRL log
upload application does non accept the cabrillo file generated by WSJT-X.

FT991A >> AT139 >> FD3 (dipole) / MFB23 (2 Ele-Mini-Yagi)

Mni tnx for nice contacts. HNY de Torsten, DL1MHJ
QSO #0152 doubled (sent one time before QSO Nr 0001)

FT-991A + GP

Hello friends,
first of all I wish you and your families a happy and healthy 2021.
The first big contest of the year is over. Not even breathtaking conditions. A hand full of JA
stations (exactly 11), RA0WHE and RW0AJ as the only eastern Russia  but not a single YB, HL, VU or
other far east station.
The most western state was CO on my side, the rest east coast, LU5VV and PY2KNK the only South
Americans.
40m was almost useless during the late night, 20m closed before 16:00z.
The ARRL Roundup is always fun and a MUST!

73 - Gerd / DL7VOG

The DXCC country/entity of EA3FHP is CATALONIA.

Asta el proximo concurso,Saludos

Icom 7300
EAXBEAM
Dipole 40 - 80 m.

Icom 7610
Rotative Dipole

73  FT-817  DELTA LOOP

Ant GP (UW4HW)10-15-20m , INV.Vee DIPOLE 40/80m
30w digi

73!

73!

Not entering the contest just providing details
of my QSOs to confirm other stations' logs

Usual 'minimalist' set-up ... FT817 and fan dipoles in loft about 9m agl. 20m opened a bit for me
mid afternoon and so able to get some contacts 'across the pond'! Nice to give some points away.

Only had a few hours to play, but it was great fun. Nice to see so
many RTTY stations active. A nice opening to west coast USA on
Sunday afternoon made it enjoyable, especially chasing the States.

I used WSJT/FT8 very first time in a contest, it was fun. Thank you for contest QSOs. HNY 2021!

First time in FT8 at a contest.
In holiday mode, not in contest mode
As contest training

ICOM-718 with 40 watts on 2 element SteppIR resp. 40/80 trap
dipole. Both antennas are 12 m over ground. Tnx for nice contest,
hpe cu next year, stay safe es vy 73 de Rudolf

Firts contest of the year in RTTY. HNY to all.

KENWOOD TS450S  ANT.DIPOLE

E-MAIL: rinaldialdo@virgilio.it

HERE, BIG STORM OF RAIN.SORRY

73 gl in dx!

TNX FOR YOUR JOB X THE CONTEST GL ET VY 73.
NOT PROPAGATION X 15/10MT IN ITALY.
VY GOOD PARTECIPATION OM.

First time on a this contest. I tried only RTTY mode.

kenwood ts 140 s 40 w ant. windom nvis below of roof!

TS-590SG  95 W  ANT. LW

Total Activity 8 hours.

Rtx KENWOOD TS 590S / Ant. VERTICAL 12 m + ENDFED 41 m

This is my first RTTY contest.

Very fun but truly challenging with my small antenna, an Windom 7-band
OFC dipole (42 mt. total length long) only one meter hight from the roof
of my condominium od 6 floor, and a Yaesu FT-991.

'73 IW2KPL / HB9GPO / KK6TIA

My first time in this beautiful contest,tnx.73 de IZ1JJF Luca

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Radio: YAESU FT-817ND
Antenna: Mobile Whip

Thanks contest

Tnx FB Contest !!

I enjoyed the contest.

RIG:IC-706 50W   ANT:Vertical

I enjoyed the contest.

This is my second participation following last year.

I enjoyed the contest.

Using IC7300S with 5 W output power and ANT HF20FL

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you all stations!
May the coronavirus disappear.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I vy enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

OATH : I swer using QRP5W Out
RIG : IC-7300M ANT : 19.5mh DP

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

FT-817ND, 5watts. DP Yagi

I enjoyed the contest

I enjoyed the contest. TU 73!

I enjoyed the contest.

30 points higher than last year.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you for listening to my weak signal !!

I enjoyed the FB contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Normally I'd be on a 3 day backpack in the Superstition
Wilderness on the first January weekend, but the plague has kept
me in Minnesota this winter, so to atone for my absence from MWA
these past 20 winters, here is my modest first score of 2021.
Like the first few steps of a backpacking trip are the hardest
with a full load of food and water, so were the first few steps
of this contest.  I'd bought a new shack computer last spring,
duly loaded it with all the essential software.....
......well, I thought so anyway.......  EXCEPT I had forgotten
to install MMTTY!  Sort of like forgetting to pack a your maps
and compass! But after a late start, it was fun to be BIC in a
rtty contest.  Didn't work real hard or long, and spent more
time than I ought adjusting another new addition to the shack, a
big wide curved monitor.  What a treat to be able to open every
conceivable window in N1MM+, and still have vacant room on the
screen.  Such a pleasure after getting whiplash from swinging my
face back and forth between two small flatscreens. Missed ND,
NE, SD, DC, AR, WY, and about half the VE's.

K3CCR is the club station at the Collington continuing-care
retirement community at FM 18OW in MD, just east of DC. N3UM and
W3GB operated Multi-2 in the Jan. 2020 ARRL RTTY Roundup. For
years, we did ~100-300 Qs in NAQP RTTY for PVRC. A more serious
effort in 9/19 CQ RTTY got us 706 claimed Qs and good practice;
we claimed 830 Qs and 97 mults in the 1/20 ARRL RTTY. We weren’t
sure we could do any better this year. But, we did; 1220 Qs, 103
mults, and 125.7K vs 80.5K claimed 1/20. It helped that SFI was
82 vs 70, Kp was 0 or 1, and more hams were home and active. At
start 18-22Z N3UM ran on 40 M for 130 of 142 Qs, 10 cty mults,
and 28 St/Pv mults out to KS and NE. After a supper break and 82
Qs on 80 M, N3UM quit at 0125 to sleep and return early. On the
late shift W3GB did well; 1920-2254Z he ran on 20 M for 101 of
127 Qs, KH6 and 3 more cty mults, and 15 far-west St/Pv mults.
Then 2312-0446Z he ran on 40 M for 213 of 220 Qs, 18 cty mults,
and 5 St/Pv mults. A last 133 Qs plus NH, UT, and MT on 80 M(!)
04 to 0730Z QRT got us to 708 Qs and 75 of our final 103 total
mults. Sun. AM 13-1606Z N3UM ran on 20 M for 111 of 125 Qs and
11 cty mults, mostly EUs. On 20 M 1630-22Z W3GB got 270 Qs, 218
in a great run 1704-2024 at 66/hr. He then got a last 21 Qs on
40 M by 2308Z QRT. N3UM 17-22Z got 56 Qs on 40 M and all of our
38 Qs and 2 ctys on 15M. We got 49 states plus DC, all but DE!

Thanks for adding FT4 & FT8. This was a lot of fun and I think I may of hook a new future ham in
studying for his tech license. He wants to be able to take part in the fun. He really got wrapped up
in to the whole contest mode...LOL

2021 ARRL RTTY Roundup

After being licensed since 1970, I thought it was time to enter
my first RTTY Roundup. I now wish that I had taken the plunge
much sooner. This is now one of my favorite contests. I'll be
back for the next one.

For some strange reason, several of the states from the exchange were stripped out and replaced with
'USA' and 'CANADA'.  Two of the QSOs that I submitted are just missing. I did resubmit twice to get
the State/Prov into the log.  Not to worry, though, as this is just a check log. I enjoyed firing up
RTTY for the first time in over a year and making some contacts.  73 and thanks for putting on and
scoring the event. 

-K4EES

I always enjoy this contest.  I operated it over the years.
IC-7300, SPE 1K-FA amp, HF-5B and wire antenas.

!5 Meters was only barely open. 20 was fair, 40& 80 were typical. Still using my back up rig, an
IC-7300. Had problemss with WSJY-x just suddenly quiting for no apparent reason. When it came back
up, sometimes it wouldn't decode FT4. Lost considerable amount of time struggling with it.

Fun contest, but lost some interest when
15m didn't open very well. Bands were busy and
crowded!

I worked 4 of the last 5 states I need for WAS RTTY. Hope they confirm via LoTW. Was enjoyable but
just wish wife didn't want to go shopping on Sunday to catch the last of the sales.....

All FT-4 Q

Lots of RTTY activity, I didn't bother with FT4 or FT8.
Thanks for the QSOs.   Dana

My strategy this year in Mixed was to spend less time chasing mults on FT-8 and spend more time on
RTTY and FT-4 for more QSO's. I worked 59% RTTY, 32% FT-4, and 9% FT-8.  It worked, I ended up with
more QSOs and a higher score despite fewer DX mults (40 vs 49).

Thanks to ARRL for creating the new RTTY-only, FT-only and Mixed categories. It gives the operator
freedom to choose the mode of their choice while preserving the legacy of RTTY Roundup, which has
always been a mixed digital mode contest from the beginning. It's a win-win.

I used N1MM and WSJT-X for FT-x, and the FLDIGI modem in N1MM for RTTY.  After experiencing dozens
of crashes of WSJT 2.2.2 in FT Roundup four weeks ago, I decided to try the beta version,
v2.3.0-rc2. I'm happy to report it was rock solid through the whole contest, no crashes.

Icom 7300 SO1R, 500 watts, tribander, old shorty 40 and an 80 meter dipole.

My 1st RU.  Had fun!!!

The 2 break rule might have been well-intentioned, but it needs to be dropped. I spent hours trying
to get a recalcitrant WSJT-X to work right, and I'm sure it will reflect in my break schedule. Also,
it's really not fair to us handicapped operators. I can't sit in a chair for more than 2 hours
without a break. I won't return next year if this rule is still in place.

Good participation. Band conditions mediocre.  I was plagued with RFI in FSK that has never been
issue in other modes - CW, SSB, etc.  Had to reduce power to 400W.  I have Palomar toroids on all
power and pc cables - a mystery.  Jim K7EG

A fun contest as usual. People seemed pretty relaxed for the most part. 40 propagation was sad here
the first night but 80 was very good (177 QSOs). The second afternoon they both were good here in
Eastern Washington. 20 was okay but 15 and 10 were just gone again this year for my verticals. I
forgot the DX exchange and didn't realize they sent serial numbers for the first four DX QSOs. Read
the rules - oops - I tried to recall the numbers I saw but they were a guess. Left the QSOs in so
they would get credit. I Xed one though because I just didn't recall any number. The others might be
wrong too. You really should read the rules once in a while even after many contests. I was shooting
for 400 QSOs and made nearly 450 so I was happy with my effort. Getting too old to stick in there
the whole night so I have to nap. See you next year.

WOW, That was amazing! Having been QRV since the late 70s, It
still amazes me how well QRP power levels can support worldwide
communications from the West Coast of NA. With only 5 Watts I
managed to work 252 QSOs in 48 states/provinces & 17 countries on
all continents using a 43 ft tall 3 ele tribander and a dual band
fan inverter vee at 38ft. Many thanks to those whose worked to
pull my signal from the noise. Happy New Year!

I tried using dual decoder windows using two programs MTTY &
2Tone this year.   I had problems with one of my delta loop
antennas crashing N1MM from what I expect is RF due to its
locaton closer to the house.   I wish 10M would have opened, but
every time I checked 10M it was dead.  15M was much better on
Sunday.  Contacted a few friends on the contest.  Tried to
promote the event on our local 2 meter nets.

I enjoyed my first RTTY Roundup. There was certainly a lot of
RTTY activity on the bands! Thanks for hosting the 2021 RTTY
Roundup!

Had a few minutes to get on and verify my settings after getting my radio back from the shop.  I
wish I would have check the keyboard settings in N1MM prior to the contest though.  They seem
different than what I used before.  Also for some reason my function keys did not follow the buttons
on the N1MM screen.

I had a great time with this one; RTTY has become my contesting mode of choice.  Plenty of signals
on 80,40 and 20; fewer on 15 and nothing heard on 10.  I learned that I will need to put up a
different antenna on 80 meters, one that is better optimized to be flatter in the RTTY frequency
space.  My solid state amp just wasn't happy with it; I had to fire up a tube amp to get any power
on 80. Something to do when the snow melts...

73, Phil K9UC

Not sure if correct though selected Assisted since WSJT-X
decodes multiple callsigns simultaneously. No other
assistance or spotting was used.

Using Xiegu G90 running 20W with 10m dipole inside the house.

ARRL RTTY RU 2021

IC-7300, AH4, Long wire

My first contest - really, really had fun!

FIRST RTTY OPERATION. NEW HAM, JUST RECEIVED MY TECHNICIAN IN
SEPTEMBER AND MY GENERAL IN NOVEMBER. HAD FUN FOR A FIRST ATTEMPT.

Casual effort. Low bands were good during times on the air.

Your software has a problem. TWICE submitted log with correct info, TWICE the response is "Assisted"
although clearly indicated that nonassisted was submitted.

TELETYPE M28ASR

Thank you to all those I was able to contact during the Round-Up. You folks truly make this hard
work fun!

This was my first try at RTTY and I had an absolute blast.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Like others, WSJT-X would close out in the middle of a qso and I would have to restart the program
in the hopes of finishing out the contact. The cursor progress wheel would start turning and poof,
the program vanished lol. Very frustrating to say the least. But overall a fun and fast paced
contest due to the short cycle times.

still no RTTY keyboard

Radio -  Icom IC-746. Antenna - OCF dipole wire in trees.

The 24-hour operating rule change places high-latitude operators
at a distinct disadvantage. For instance, an overnight outage due
to aurora doesn't effect lower latitude significantly. It happens
a lot in winter. In Alaska, previously you could try to make it
up on the back end, but not now. I understand the rationale for
the change, but it does not add any "fun" to the strategy. I
places undue burden on those subject to significant, rapid
changes in propagation.

First experience with RTTY.
Limited time today, but had a blast and happy to gain RTTY
experience.
Radio: IC 705
QRP 5 watts on battery power.
20m whip antenna with three radials in the yard.

First HF contest for a new General!

ARRL RTTY Roundup 2021

.

Great activity, on 40m from 7030 to 7120....

One of my favourite contests every year. Nice to see some new
categories added. However I stuck to my favourite mode, if
only because it's very difficult to find it outside of
contests these days. I mean I can do the FTx modes anytime!
Thanks to all who worked my little station.
HNY and stay safe. 73 Ian  RTTY ROCKS!

Note- I had WSJT-X crash a number of times forcing me to restart it. I
lost a number of QSO's due to this.

AARDVARK WIRELESS GROUP

Thanks to those 40M stations with very good ears who
managged to hear my signal as I have no 40 M ant -
Itblew down.  I loaded up my 20 - 10 beam.
Many thanks to all who worked me HNY

Always a fun contest, thanks!

This RTTY contest is always fun.  At start of contest I heard nothing with my beam pointed NW. 
Hummm thats odd, I thought.  I turned the beam to the northwest and heard lot of station calling CQ.
I switch from beam to vertical, could hear more stations and louder on vertical!  Next day, Sunday,
The beam was better!

Remote operation to comply with California Stay-at-Home order.

Ran QRP, just ONE HALF WATT to a 20 foot end fed wire.
NO COMPUTER Used! All RTTY decoding was performed
using the IC-705 built-in RTTY decoding, and all RTTY
transmitting utilized the IC-705 built-in Message Macros.
I wish I'd had more time for this contest. It was fun using
the rigs built-in RTTY functions. The rig can even keep
a log, so this contest was a good shakedown cruise for
a future portable RTTY contest adventure from a summit!
Thanks to all for your patience and the QSOs.
GO ARIZONA OUTLAWS!  73, John N6HI

First ARRL RTTY RoundUp.  Just time to test the K4D in AFSK mode.
Works fine!

This year I went with traditional RTTY and had a blast.

FTdx101mp, alpha 87a

The 30-minute break rule is absurd.  It discourages casual operators from enjoying the contest. 
Apparently, the ARRL RTTY Roundup is only for "professional" contesters who want to sit in front of
their radio for hours on end.

IC-7100, NVL OR LOOP, HOMEBREW MODEM AND TERMINAL, TU ALL GL 73

Overall a great contest for me, the most contacts ever in a
contest. 15M was disappointing, and 10M was dead. No JA or other
AS which was strange.
periods of very good (for me) rates. This was a lot of fun!

ALL RTTY, just as the namesake of this contest states...

Dislike the "offtime requirements".  It renders this contest unworkable to hams with other things
going on in their lives and likley prohibits participation for many.

This was the first Multi-2 operation from the K6MTU
station on Mt Umunhum near Los Gatos, California.
Remotely operated by four operators from their homes
(Tom ND2T, Kevin K6TD, Mark K6UFO, Dave WD6T).

Kevin K6TD put in a great amount of work in advance to
insure we had two radios, two amps, and all antennas,
filters and switching working. Several practice sessions
ironed out the problems with equipment, software and
our operator coordination and handoff.

Our original target before the contest was to pass our
1800 QSOs of last year's Multi-Single. Then it appeared
that Multi-2 was really going to work, and we added a
skilled operator (Dave WD6T), and our big, audacious goal
increased to 2000 Qs. We easily passed that Sunday with
still 4 hours of contesting to go!

Being fully remote made the switching of operators, radios,
bands and antennas a little complex, but Kevin's systems
all worked and we never lost any equipment or connection,
and we were a fully operational Multi-2 right to the end.

We had great rates, with a first hour of 170 using 15m
and 20m. We had ten more hours with rates over 100.
Average rate for whole contest of 83 Q/hr. We took off
10z and 11z when we expected activity would be low. We
knew 20m and 40m would carry the workload, but 15m and
80m were surprisingly good. Conditions into Europe were
not good, but we got the Mults we needed, but not a lot
of extra EU QSOs. QSOs were 90 percent with North America
(USA and Canada). The small handful of Asian, European,
and the other countries provided valuable Multipliers.
More than 90 percent RTTY, just a few jaunts to FTx for
Multipliers, and an hour of FT4 at the end that had
better rate than RTTY.

Because of the complex band and antenna switching, we
didn't go off chasing multipliers on other bands, which
led to a last minute push for Multipliers on Sunday. On
the Contest Online Scoreboard, we could see KT7E fall away,
and WV4P took the lead until Sunday when we recovered all
the gap and we moved ahead.

Team member Dave WD6T summarized the experience well:
"This was my first time operating with this team and the
remarkable K6MTU station.  I spent the week leading up to
RTTY RU learning the station and re-familiarizing myself
with WriteLog and RTTYRite, which I hadn’t used in several
years. Highlights for me were the opening of the contest,
where 15m and 20m were in a rate race, and late in our
evening, working EUs on 80m around their sunrise time."

This is likely the winning M2 score and sets the record
in the new M2 category for RTTY RU.

Huge congratulations to Kevin K6TD for improving and
configuring the station. The four operators all got along
well, with easy 2 hour to 4 hour shifts. Its surprising
that a West Coast station can win this contest over the
East Coast's access to European multipliers - so we will
brag about it all year while we can!

Best regards,
Mark K6UFO
Tom ND2T
Kevin K6TD
Dave WD6T

two Flex 6700 with SmartSDR and DAX
KPA1500 and SPE 1.3K amps
JK Mid-Tri (3 el on 20m, 4 el on 15m) at 95 feet high
High power bandpass filters and combiner (i.e. Triplexer)
JK 4 el 40m yagi at 110 feet
80m 4-square array
Writelog logging and internet logbook
MMTTY, 2Tone, DigiRite

ALL contacts FT4 had some issues with log interface and wsjt crasshing also only operating SO1R next
year will be SO2R

mode is digital and rtty , unless digital is the combo of the two

Many of the mults I was looking for were S&Ping instead of calling CQ.

Not sure that mixing RTTY with Digi (inc FT8) in the same contest is really a good idea. 
Stick with RTTY for one contest and then do FT8 etc in a separate contest. For this operator, this
contest was a straightforward "RTTY Contest" and nothing else!

IC-756ProII, max 50 W, Triband Yagi and Trap Sipole
SOAB, Low Power, RTTY-only category

RX/TX: Hermes-Lite V2 SDR transceiver, Pout = 5W
Antennas: Wire ground plane for 40mb, delta loop for 20 mb
Software: PowerSDR + N1MM+ (MTTY)

TS-590 85W GP40M

Short participation. Only RTTY this time. IC-7400, Butternut HF6V and 70-100W

TS-2000,100W,LW 43m

IC756PROIII, PA Acom1010 - 500W
10 el. Logper/20 m, 3 el./40m, dipol+vertikal/80m, beverages

Conditions were great on 40m. I enjoyed lots of pileups and SO2R operation.
Even quite complicated SO2R setup worked 100% all the time - thanks to OK2ZAW
and his QRO.CZ company for providing such reliable technical solution.
Thanks to OK1MU for great support and to all the callers for loooots of nice QSOs,
73, Standa OK7W - OK1CID

Difficult contest in FTx from Europe.
Frequencies choices very poor for Europeans.
Specially FT4 of very little use in Europe.
3580: 24/7 Utility station in Europe
7047.5 , 14080 : regular FT4 QRG, don't used in contest
14130 ; SSB QRG outside America
Conditions on 40 incredible! West Coast easy to work
Rig: IC7610 + 500W of ACOM1000
Ant: KT34a and dipoles

CO7DSR used not a serial but NJ ???, worked S&P with 40watts on wire antennas.
Nice contest cu next year.
73 and HNY

Thanks for the nice contest. See you again next year!!

First contest with FLdigi with MacLoggerDx, and therefore there are some du
plicated numbers, en 2 numbers not logged.
We have to arrange in comming contests that this wil be better.
But we had fun with expirimenting on the Macbook and Mac software and stay
away from windows wtih N1MM wich is still the best logging program but its
not written for MacOs.

ICOM-7300---FB33/INV V

Propagation wasn't cooperating very well, had fun anyway

Rig TS590S, barefoot, output to antenna 70Watts.
Antenna horizontal multiband dipole, over all length 17m, 5m over ground.
Very low propagation on 15&10M bands. Thanks for organizing this nice contest!

This was the first time that I entered a FT8 competition. Conditions didn't seem very good to me,
but I had a good time.

73, Engel - PH7A

Icom IC-7300
PA=90 wtts
CW80.1000

Ic 7600

FT-2000    IV

ICOM-756II, Ant AV-620, Inv.V

RIG(s): KENWOOD TS-850S; ANTENNA(s): GP

ICOM IC-746PRO, ACOM-1000, YAGI XL-335 multi-band

Thank you for the contest

TKS FOR NICE CONTEST
PWR_100 w, ANT_6el 3band Yagi, TNX FOR NICE CONTEST!de Igor.

TX 5 Watts, Ant Magnetic Loop (indoor)

14131 DG 2021-01-03 1527 S56A 549 264 NP3IR  MODE RY/DG SERIAL #279!

I had some software problem
with serialnumbers and therefore it
looks a bit strange in the beginning
of the contest - hope it
will work anyway.
Thanks for a nice contestweekend
Best 73's and stay safe!
Mikael (SF0A)

rig-IC746 ; pwr-100Wtts ; ant-GP

Bad condition, snow storm whole SUNDAY.

super contest. see you in next year will be better.I must faster ending because drive to Belgium in
3 hours .vy 73 Chris sp2uuu

RIG:FT-950 PWR:5 ANT:2elDeltaLoop,KV2,L-W

trx IC746 PRO + PA HM 250w
ant: Quad 82,5m

Transceiver : kenwood TS - 2000
Ant : dipol W3DZZ

73 de ta4rc

What a great fun.  Sitting here almost 2000 km from next station
Saturday was rather week.  But Sunday morning
was quite different, with far better conditions and
tons of strong stations.  My old friend GU0SUP
was there as he has been all my active time
for so many years, good to hear him.  Thanks for
organizing this great contest.

Thanks for keeping RTTY alive.

Icom IC-7300

TRX: IC-756 PRO II 80W
ANT: Inv-V (80/40 m)

TNX for contest !

SDR trcvr SunSDR2-PRO, KXPA100
Antenns:
160,80,40 - dipole Up18m, fider 70m.
20,15,10 - Spider Up 10m, fider 30m.

SunSDR2PRO + HLA150
Ant IV

Best 73 !

73!

What a better way to start the new year with a RTTY contest! :)

I always enjoy the first major RTTY contest of the year! Fun as
always.

Many lost contact because of 15+ software crashes & restarts.

Operated mixed mode this weekend. Had some fun almost working all states, just missed one! 

Thanks all and happy new year.
73,
Anthony VE2HEW

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021 .ENJOYED ARRL RTTY ROUNDUP FT8 LOW P .GRATE HOBBY.THANKS TO ALL.VE3BFU/4S7JN 73s

Please enter as RTTY Only.  There are some Digi Q's  Please use them
as checklog Q's

Contest exceeded my expectations. I haven't had a chance to set up my antenna properly but still
made tons of QSOs and logged 49 states. Next year I'm going for all 50!

First ARRL RTTY RU and it was great.  Thanks to all the contacts,
looking forward to the next.

My first contest.

Conditions seemed pretty good this time except for
the evening on the low bands.

I had a lot of fun operating RTTTY Roundup this year. Radio used
IC-756 Pro.

I mistakenly sent NL instead of LB for the first 4 QSOs.

Apologies if I did something incorrect.  This is my first attempt at a contest and I have no idea
what I'm doing.

A fun way to spend a pandemic plagued New Years weekend. Mixed mode practice juggling N1MM / MMTTY
with WSJT-X for FT4 (still a bit unstable) As usual, a minimal station, IC-7300 barefoot, wire
dipoles for 20/15m @ 30ft AGL, ground mounted base 1/4w 40m tubing vertical-support, parallel wire
forms top-loaded Marconi T vertical for 80m.

My first RTTY, using WSJT-X. Quite a learning experience and found that my logging software needs to
be changed for contesting.

Thank you for sponsoring the contest. 73 - Dan, W1QK

IC-7610 & EFHW

check log

First contest entered. Fun.

This was another WQ6X operation from NX6T in Fallbrook.
The original plan was to run W6R as a multi-OP however at
the last minute no one was available, relegating me to run SOAB(A).
In between remote operating stints as W6R, I found time to put the
WQ6X callsign on the air.
Condx in Fallbrook were not too bad.
The REAL problem was 90-second internet dropouts.  If I disappeared
on you and then suddenly came back as if nothing had happened, now you
know the reason behind it and SO2-R had NoThing to do with it.
Random failure of the shack A/C relegated the operation to run anywhere
from 550 - 1350 watts depending on the amplifier operating temp.
LooK for a writeup on this GiG at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.Com

All Search & Pounce.  Had FUN!

If it is called a RTTY contest, why are other modes allowed!?

Sure look forward to the return of 10 meters or
at least 15 meters when it is solidly opean worlwide.
It was fun to watch the leaders on onlinescoreboard.
73   BoB WA1FCN

I am grateful there is now a category for Digital Only (FT4/FT8).

Quickly learned to look to standard FT4 frequencies for fast QSOs; looked to suggested FT8
frequencies to discover DX. On the 2nd morning I was ready and waiting for FT4/FT8 QSOs on 15 meters
but where was everyone? From NY 15 meters was wide open - to both Europe & Africa & Middle East and
recently LP to Australia. Answer? Seemed they were all using RTTY. I checked 21.074 a few times and
no one in the contest; yet they were loving the propagation. Next year? let's make it a point to
work 15 and 10 meters. Contest conditions - SFI 82 / SSN 22. A great way to start 2021!

Not so thrilled with the 6 hour rule for the single op stations.  Feel that it discourages
operations towards the end of the 30 hour period.  I only operated about 7 hours total, but my score
was 'reduced' as I did not keep track and my goal for the contest was to work new band states and
possibly new countries.

60

Thanks had fun.

Fun contest -- thanks!

well we now know 80 meter operation drives my wifes new washer crazy

I was all S&P. I might go assisted next time to help pick up more mults.
This time, I just went up and down the bands calling stations I could copy well.
I was able to improve a bit over my score last year. Antennas are attic dipoles (I wasn't bothered
by the ice and snow that was in the area).

I was having trouble uploading my Cabrillo file to ARRL, and called Paul the contest guru, and he
immediately helped me out in a friendly and expert manner
Thanks Paul!

Gil and Donna used Donna's call WB9TFF.  Gil had a good run and logged many
mults.  Donna finished up the contest.  Both used S&P and running.  Our
total qso's exceeded our prediction.  Many thanks for SMCers qso's.
73 and Happy New Year! WB9TFF and WB9TFH Gil and Donna.

Licensed 35 yrs, 2nd contest (first was Dec. 10M CW). IC-705,
10W to non-HOA approved 15 ft. stealth vertical. FT4 only.
Tried to operate the entire 24 hrs, lost the sleep battle a
couple hours before end time. Perhaps the strenuous 5Q/hr
avg rate got to me, though there were very brief
periods of much higher rate. Looks like abt 111 Q's 35 mults
this time.  Most on 40 and 20, abt 10Qs on 15. Only DX a
single 20M Q 6Y5APM.

This was another WQ6X operation from W7AYT's QTH in Concord.
In between remote operating stints as W6R, I found time to put
the WQ6X callsign on the air.  Condx. in Concord were rather
PooR, but some Asian as South PAC signals made it into the log.
LooK for a writeup on this at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.Com

1st station worked was in HI, so knew the test was going to be good.  Worked HI and AK multiple
times.  No ND, but that's normal for me to either get ND or (Hi & AK).  Not a bad score for us given
the location and inability to put up a permenant antenna.  Antenna used was a folding Alpha Antenna
designed for portable use.  Rig was an IC-7100.  

73,

Dave - WS0Z

I am not an experienced contester, but since FT8 was allowed and I have recently set up for it, I
decided to attempt to participate. The event was enjoyable and addictive, and I was surprised by how
many stations I was able to work at only 5 watts with a tiny Xiegu transceiver and a wire antenna.

I could not have possibly participated in the contest without having stumbled across, and read, Joe
Taylor's article on using FT8 in it, which was the only source I could find listing the preferred
operating frequencies for this mode. It would be nice if those frequencies were listed in the ARRL's
documentation for the contest and not in a separate article.

In any event, after I enjoyed participating in the contest and wanted to submit my log (both to see
how I did and to benefit my contacts), I could not find a template on any of the ARRL's pages
indicating how to fill out the headers in the Cabrillo format log file for this contest. There are
templates for CW and phone contests, but not this one. It would be a good idea to remedy this, since
WSJT-X did not supply all of the header information that the Web site wanted and I had to guess a
few times at how to fill out some of the fields before the site accepted the log.
 
Also, it appears that my using FT8 in the contest caused my activity to be classified as "assisted"
and my operator class to be recorded as "Single Operator Unlimited" rather than "Single Operator." I
did not use any spotting, so I am not sure if this was right. Was it? If so, was it because I used
FT8? (The rules documents were not clear on this; it would be helpful if they were or if there was
an overview document explaining the rationales behind the categories.)

In any event, please offer more contests in which digital modes are allowed and even encouraged,
since they are often the only way to overcome the QRN in my area. Thank you!

Always enjoy RTTY Roundup. Overcame some minor technical challenges in the shack - one of the points
of contests - to challenge and to test skills and proficiencies. I was suffering from seemingly
random radio shutdowns and thought it might be RF issues - ultimately the result of oxidation on the
fuses causing a voltage drop.

dengan tetap di rumah alternatifnya adalah beraktifitas dengan radio...semoga COVID-19 segera
berlalu seiring kepatuhan kita dengan protokol kesehatan....
73
terima kasih

IC-7300, 80W fsk, 41m sloping wire. 73 Szigy.

RIG: KENWOOD TS-450SAT 100 W; ANT: FD4

FT-897D RIG, W3DZZ AND DIAMOND CP-6 ANT

Many station tnx to all ,73 GL

IC 7300
DIPOLE/GP
ON 7 MHz 500 w
On other bands 100w