I hadn't given my SCC callsign - G2B - an airing on digital modes for quite some time and so decided I would have a go at the BARTG RTTY Sprint contest on the HF bands over the weekend of January 22nd and 23rd 2022.
I can't imagine many radio operators who sit cross legged on the floor and use their rig(s) and a laptop computer perched precariously on a cardboard box ... but then it takes all sorts! 😆
I started at the competition kick-off time - 12 noon on the Saturday - and continued until about 6 p.m. The I rose early on the Sunday and was back on again at around 5 a.m.
This turned out to be a bit of wishful thinking as things didn't really get underway - for me at least - until about 6:45 a.m. and I was wishing I had perhaps been better in having a lie-in! 😴
Most of my activity was with European stations, but I did manage to make it into North America on 4 occasions and - out of the blue - Uruguay!
The set-up is very simple ... FT817ND and fldigi; that's all. I used 40, 20 and 15 metre bands and indoor dipoles.
I always have a bit of fun and games when it comes to uploading the logfile. I haven't invested in any additional software so make do with what fldigi can provide in the way of a Cabrillo file, and then make any amendments in Excel and Notepad.
Click on the image to see it full size! 😉
