It's easy to forget, but it's also easy to submit it via the web form. NEWS, PRESS RELEASES, AND GENERAL INTERESTĭon't forget to submit your ARRL Field Day reports by July 23.

4 States QRP Group Second Sunday Sprint.It's similar to how the CW Open is run.'Ĭomplete information for all contests follows the Conversation section At least that was the original reasoning. Basically, one in the morning, one in evening, and one at night. Alan, AD6E/KH6TU comments: 'The reason for three sessions is to give similar conditions in each of the three IARU zones. In the last issue, I gave a rationale for the three contest sessions of the CWT. The NAQP RTTY Contest is coming up July 20 - a great opportunity to give RTTY a try. For N1MM Logger+, you can use this guide as a starting point. Once your configuration has been tested, the next step is getting your contest logging program to work with your RTTY engine. Best bets for that are on Thursday evenings as part of the NCCC NS RTTY Sprint practice, or on weekends when there are RTTY contests. Once you've configured the software for stand-alone mode, you'll want to find some RTTY stations to work to verify everything is as it should be. The trickiest part might be getting the PTT control going if you use a radio command in your FT8 program. You can use Don, AA5AU's ' Getting Started on RTTY' to guide you through the dialogs to get the program configured for stand-alone mode, using AFSK. There are a number of options for RTTY software, but one of the easiest to get going is MMTTY. You'll need those values to set up the RTTY software.Ĭlose your FT8 application and then install a RTTY program of your choice. It's fun, and can build new radio skillsīefore setting up for RTTY, I suggest writing down all of the settings that you are already using with your FT8 software for radio control, including port names, speeds, and so on.RTTY contests typically 'spread out' over a larger portion of the band.Rates during a RTTY contest can be well over 100 per hour.There are a larger number of RTTY contests per year.You're just a software install away from also being able to use the same physical set up for RTTY! Some reasons to try RTTY for contests include: Let's say for argument purposes that you're already set up for FT8, and you're sending and receiving just fine.

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