The North American QSO Party - RTTY is this coming weekend!

JUL 19 1800 - JUL 20 0559 UTC

Is anyone besides me planning on working the contest?

I participated in the one in Feb and had a BLAST!

Nice that I have a score to beat!
162 QSOs.
14,742 points.

Get the coffee brewing and the snacks made!

Rug Rat (Brent Hendricks)
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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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