Winter Contest Season Continues - ARRL RTTY RU
The 2022 winter contest season continued with the ARRL RTTY Round Up on first weekend of January of each year but never January 1st. The goal of the contest is for Amateurs worldwide contact and exchange QSO information with other amateurs using RTTY (and other digital modes including PSK, FT8/FT) on 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands. I operated exclusively on RTTY. Exchange: RST + SPC (State / Province / Country), DX RST + S/N. Typically exchange when calling CQ: CQ CQ CQ CQ RU WX7V WX7V K ->Their Call Their Call R TU 599 599 TX TX -> R WX7V 599 ( Their State ) Their Call TU DE WX7V QRZ? Typical exchange when answering: -They Call WX7V WX7V -> They Answer My Call R RPT Their State Their Call R TU 599 599 TX TX WX7V k -Their Answer 73 TU Their Call I had fun but only worked a few hours Sunday. I used the N3FJP RU Contest log and the N7YG Digital Engine as the connected software for my flex radio. RTTY: 109 Qpts x 42 Mults = 4,578. I mostly did search and pounce.