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RTTY Gazette - November 2004
By Thom WI8W
Fall is in full swing, Winter is just around the corner and so is the RTTY
contest season. So far we have had the CQ-RJ WW RTTY DX Contest and
upcoming is the WAE this weekend and the TARA Melee in early December. The
RTTY Contest season begins with full fury on January 1.
First off I want to take the space here to say goodbye to a pioneer of RTTY.
Art, K2ENT became a Silent Key on November 1 of a heart attack. According to
the note posted on the RTTY list he died instantly and did not suffer at all.
Rest in Peace Art. You will be greatly missed.
Last issue I asked if there was any interest in seeing articles about other
digital modes. I only heard from one subscriber on the subject and his main
statement was "do not change the name". So, The name will not change. It
will still be the same old RTTY Gazette. We will discuss other digital modes
here but only if I get some submissions from subscribers that know more
about them than I do. So let me have your articles on RTTY, PSK, CW, Pactor,
Amtor or what have you.
I have just had a terrible time with computers in the last month. I just
love hardware that does not work as advertized or that decide to fail for
no apparent reason. Fortunately the only computer not affected was my HP
laptop on which I write and mail the RTTY Gazette. My advice to you all
that use computers...backup, backup and backup some more.
Many received some very nice certificates for winning their sections/states
in the 2004 NAQP RTTY Contest held last July. Congratulations go to Don K0FX,
Rick W4UEF, Jerry NO2T, Jack W7LD, Larry W0ETC and yours truly Thom WI8W.
I am sure there are many more certificates we do not know about at this
time. By the way Patrick W7TMT posted belated thanks for his January 2004
NAQP RTTY Certificate...it seems Patrick was in Alaska until recently.
Don AA5AU, has released the latest edition of his RTTY Callsign Database.
You can download the zipped file from:
http://rttycontesting.com/aa5au_rtty041103.zip.
The database contains 5200 callsigns from the DK3VN RTTY World Ranking List
plus any callsign that show up in at least 3 times in Cabrillo Logs received
by Don up to October 2004. Don says that in 2005 he will no longer maintain
the larger callsign database (containing some 24000 callsigns) because he
suspects that there are many bad and busted callsigns in that database.
Jim AD1C, the moderator and owner of the RTTY List, has asked subscribers to
the RTTY list not to use the words "hi" or "help" in the subject lines of
posts to the list. Apparently Jim gets a lot of spam hitting the reflector
and his filters are set to nail email with those words in the subject line.
Meaningful subject lines will also result in a better response to your
comments and/or questions.
160 Meter RTTY has surfaced once again with the coming darkness and winter
conditions. Anyone want to set up a night and time each week for us to get
together? Let me know.
You also might let me know if you have any designs for a 160 meter antenna
that is easy to build and will fit in my very small backyard. I can barely
fit in a full size dipole for 80 meters at this time and actually one end of
that antenna is in the front yard. thanks
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Rtty resources. I have received a few emails asking for RTY sites on the
Internet. Well I guess I waould say go to Google and type in RTTY and click
the Search Google button. The last time I did this there were at least 10
pages of links. I will attempt to highlight some of them here. I will start
with my favorite sites.
If you have some favorites not listed here let me know for future issues. I
am planning on a Web Site of the Month Feature.
RTTY History: http://www/rtty.com
This site covers just about everything you would ever want to know about the
early days of RTTY.
Getting Involved with RTTY: http://www.aa5au.com/rtty.html
Don AA5AU provides this site which is loaded with information on getting
started with RTTY using your shack computer. This is the site I first
visited when I got back into RTTY.
Need a RTTY Interface for your computer? http://www.w5bbr.com/soundbd.html
RTTY Contesting: http://www.writelog.com
If you run a "Windows" machine this is probably the best software for RTTY
Contesting. It is the only thing used in my shack. When combined with the
MMTTY engine it is simply the best in my opinion. By the way "Windows" is a
registered trademark of the Microsoft Company. Just to keep it legal folks.
http://www.rttycontesting.com
Another site by Don AA5AU covers using Writelog in RTTY Contesting.
http://www.k9jy.com/
Another excellent site provided by Scott K9JY. This site includes
configuration info for many of the popular radios. Even the setup I use on
my Yeasu FT-920 is in there.
http://www.ad1c.com/HamRadio/rtty.htm
Jim, AD1C, is the owner/moderator of the RTTY Mail List. This site has some
interesting stuff.
The sites listed above should keep you plenty occupied until I present more
next Month.
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RTTY DXpeditions - November 15 to December 15, 2004
Nov15 to Nov21 United Arab Emirate A6
By N1DG; 40-10m; mainly CW RTTY PSK; fm QTH of A61AD QTH QSL to N1DG
Nov 16 to Nov30 Anguilla VP2E
By DL2RUM DJ8NK as VP2ETL and VP2ENK; 160-10m; CW SSB RTTY QSL to Home Call
of the Operator.
Nov16 to Dec05 Nepal 9N7BCC
By DJ3WE DK7YY DL6RAI IV3IYH; 9N7BCC requested; also w/ individual callsigns
(QSL routes TBA); 160-15m; in memoriam of DJ7CY
Nov17 to Nov22 Swaziland 3DA0
By AA4NN W4GMY as 3DA0NN and 3DA0CG; 160-10m; CW
Nov17 to Nov30 Anguilla VP2E
By DL2RUM DJ8NK fm NA-022; 160-6m; CW SSB RTTY
Nov18,2004 South Georgia VP8SGK
By GM0HCQ; exact dates tentative
Nov19 to Nov24 Fiji 3D2NA
By JK1FNL fm Mana Is (OC-121); 80-6m; SSB CW RTTY; QSL OK via JARL Buro or
direct
Nov19 to Nov30 Montserrat VP2MLA
By LA9VDA fm NA-103; 160-6m; CW SSB RTTY; QRV for CQWW DX CW
Nov19 to Dec07 Panama HP1
By DJ7AA as HP1/DJ7AA (or w/ special call); focus on 160-30m; mainly CW,
some SSB RTTY
Nov20 to Nov22 Mariana Islands KH0
By JL3SIK as N1VF/KH0 fm Saipan (OC-086); 40-6m; CW SSB + digital; QSL OK
via Buro or direct
Nov20 to Nov24 Marshall Islands V73 Home Call JA1ELY
By JA1ELY JH3QFL JA6WIF JA6WJL as V73EY V73B V73IF V73WJ fm Majuro Is
(OC-029); all HF bands; all modes; 3 stns
Nov20 to Nov30 Dominica J75
By K5KG/J75KG WA9IRV/J79RV WI9WI/J79WI VE4VV/J79VV; focus on WARC; QSL via
homecall except J75KG via KU9C
Nov20 to Nov30 Fiji 3D2
By 3D2EE/AG9A 3D2KW/K2KW 3D2OK/WA6O 3D2SS/W2VJN 3D2TS/N6BT 3D2XA/KE7X fm
Taveuni (OC-016); 160-10m; 6 low power stns; vert arrays; mainly CW
Nov20 to Dec04 Falkland Islands VP8
By WF5W NM5G W5MJ W5PF w/ VP8 callsigns; 80-10m, perhaps 6m, focus on WARC;
RTTY PSK included; QRV for CQWW DX CW as VP8WWW
Nov20 to Dec31 Cambodia XU7
By ON6TZ as XU7POS, along with XU7AJV
Nov21 to Nov28 Bermuda VP9
By WA1S K1XM KQ1F as VP9/homecall; QSL WA1S via WA1S, others via KQ1F; QRV
for CQWW DX CW
Nov22 to Nov30 Cambodia XU7
By AA4XR E21EIC as XU7ADF and XU7ADE fm Sihnoukville; 160-10m; CW SSB RTTY
Nov22 to Dec05 Cambodia XU7ADI
By SM5GMZ; all bands, WARC included; mainly CW; QRV for CQWW DX CW
Nov22 to Dec09 Christmas Island VK9XG
By W0YG; include SASE or RP w/ QSL request; QRV for CQWW DX CW
Nov24 to Dec09 South Cook Islands ZK1
By F6COW F6EPY F6GNZ as ZK1COW ZK1EPY ZK1GNZ fm Rarotonga (OC-013); CW SSB,
some digital; focus on low bands
Nov28 to Dec11 Fiji 3D2FI
By G0UIH fm Viti Levu (OC-016), Nacula (OC-156), Beachcomber (OC-121); check
14260 & 21260 kHz + 17m SSB; QSL OK via Buro or direct
Nov28 to Dec12 Dominican Republic HI3 GW3UOF OPDX
20041101 By GW3UOF as GW3UOF/HI3; 160-10m, mainly CW, some SSB; QSL OK via
RSGB Buro or direct
Nov29 to Dec12 Thailand HS72B
By DL3DXX DL5LYM G4ODV G4UZN WA6CDR HS0ZDZ HS1CKC HS0ZDX; emphasis on low
bands + WARC
Dec07 to Dec12 Antarctica VP8ROT
By GM0HCQ fm Rothera Base, Adelaide Is; exact dates tentative
Dec09 to Dec29 El Salvador YS
By YS3/I2JIN; focus on CW
Dec11 to Dec23 Marquesas FO/m
By F6COW F6EPY F6GNZ as FO/homecall fm Hiva Hoa (OC-027); CW SSB, some
digital; focus on low bands
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Upcoming Contests - All Digital Modes
November 2004
RSGB 2nd 1.8 MHz Contest, CW 2100Z, Nov 20 to 0100Z, Nov 21
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW 0000Z, Nov 27 to 2400Z, Nov 28
December 2004
TARA RTTY Melee 0000Z-2400Z, Dec 4
Wake-Up! QRP Sprint 0400Z-0600Z, Dec 4
CIS DX Contest, CW 0000Z-2400Z, Dec 5
ARCI Holiday Spirits Homebrew Sprint 2000Z-2400Z, Dec 5
ARS Spartan Sprint 0200Z-0400Z, Dec 7
ARRL 10-Meter Contest 0000Z, Dec 11 to 2400Z, Dec 12
MDXA PSK DeathMatch 0000Z, Dec 18 to 2400Z, Dec 19
OK DX RTTY Contest 0000Z-2400Z, Dec 18
Croatian CW Contest 1400Z, Dec 18 to 1400Z, Dec 19
That is it for this month. See you next Month. Have a great Holiday Season.
73
Thom WI8W
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