CQ WW RTTY 09

Serge arrived from the Ukraine for this one feeling pretty beat after his long journey. He wanted to catch some sleep before the start but only managed a couple of hours after some set up issues with the computers. I have been working hard to get our new 80m 4 square ready for Serge but it was not to be as the control and phasing units are still in Russia with Vlad RA4LW. We had planned on Vlad being here to set it to work but at unfortunately at the last moment a visa issue has delayed his departure. I decided to hook up one element of the new 4sq for the 80m aerial which worked very well with strong runs into NA and some good DX too. Generally tho’ 40m and 20m were the money bands with 15 following up behind but 10m was almost non existant other than the usual batch of South Americans that we always seem to find no matter what. The first night was buzzing on 80 and 40m but unfortunately not to be repeated on the 2nd as the bands just died. Serge decided to get his head down and attack the bands again after some rest. 20M was not too bad during both days but 15 was always a struggle although some good DX was worked at times into the far East but never enough to keep any sort of rate going for long. To sum up then, generally poor conditions on the higher bands with some exceptions. The station worked well with a few issues here and there. Always great to see Serge and maybe learn a little more about RTTY operation from a great guy and op.

     QSO   G   EU   DX   Pts   DXCC  CQ  States
80m  516  13  383  120  1139   56    14  28
40m  953  11  490  452  2347   90    31  48
20m 1179  9   430  740  3089   97    33  55
15m  354  7   180  167  868    82    25  27
10m    8  0   3    5    21     5     4   0

    3010  40  1486 1484 7464   330   107 158

Score: 7464*595 = 4441080 points

73 Paul