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Ärende: Re: North American QSO Party - RTTY
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  Well!  July NAQP - RTTY has come and gone.

With enough fun and disapointment to shake a stick at!

A lot less precontest trials and frustration during the contest came from
knowing the software and how N3FJP and FLDIGI interface with each other.

There are some things I need to test in a non contest setting, that I am just
not sure of.  I also either need to get a larger monitor for my ham radio
setup, as having both windows up side by side would be a big help!

- One frustration is that FLDIGI either sometimes does not pick up that a
station I am about to work is a dupe, or there is a delay through the API
network from N3FJP to FLDIGI.  One thing I noticed about RTTY contests is that
stations do not seem to be as picky about replying, "DUPE DUPE DUPE!!!".  

** That should be another topic of discussion,  Do you delete dupes from your
log post contest?!

Band conditions were poor, 10m did not open like it did in January!  I knew at
the halfway mark, that unless conditions really improved there was NO WAY I was
going to even match my score from January let alone beat it!

Here is the comparison I made for both contests.


NAQP - RTTY 2025 January Vs. July Summary

KF6HDJ's Contest Summary Report for NAQP
 Created by N3FJP's NAQP Contest Log
 Version 5.3.8  www.n3fjp.com

 Total Contacts = 177
 Total Points = 17,877

 Operating Period: 2025/01/18 18:03 - 2025/01/19 05:51

 Total op time (breaks > 30 min deducted): 11:05:23
 Total op time (breaks > 60 min deducted 11:48:09

 Avg Qs/Hr (breaks > 30 min deducted): 16.0


 Total Contacts by Band and Mode:

 Band       CW   Phone     Dig   Total       %
 ----       --   -----     ---   -----     ---
   80        0       0       1       1       1
   40        0      00      42      42      24
   20        0      00      43      43      24
   15        0      00      38      38      21
   10        0      00      53      53      30
            --   -----     ---   -----     ---
 Total       0     177       177     177     100
 
//// JULY 2025 ////

KF6HDJ's Contest Summary Report for NAQP
 Created by N3FJP's NAQP Contest Log
 Version 5.3.8  www.n3fjp.com

 Total Contacts = 140
 Total Points = 9,800

 Operating Period: 2025/07/19 18:02 - 2025/07/20 05:49

 Total op time (breaks > 30 min deducted): 10:07:39
 Total op time (breaks > 60 min deducted): 11:46:49

 Avg Qs/Hr (breaks > 30 min deducted): 13.8


 Total Contacts by Band and Mode:

 Band       CW   Phone     Dig   Total       %
 ----       --   -----     ---   -----     ---
   40        0       0      48      48      34
   20        0       0      82      82      59
   15        0       0      10      10       7
            --   -----     ---   -----     ---
 Total       0       0     140     140     100

So, looking at these numbers.  While I did A LOT better on 20m, my 40m
performance was basically the same (My vertical sucks on the lower bands!  I
plan to get a dipole setup for next year).  15m was not that great and not
having 10m really hurt!

The interesting thing, I did hear phone activity on 10m, but no RTTY what so
ever.

Rug Rat (Brent Hendricks)
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