NAQP RTTY Feb 2026 Results

[Butch Washer]

Hey Yall!!

Here are my meager results for the NAQP RTTY Feb 2026. See lower on the email for screen shot.

Station:
TS-450 @ 100W; 4-BTV Four band ground mounted Vertical; N1MM+ logging, MMTTY RTTY software, 2 intances of 2Tone decoding w/MMTTY, AFSK RTTY.

Had a great time until my pinched shoulder nerve kicked in.
I started about 10 minutes late and was chasing WS6X, AD4TJ and W4PJW the whole time. Eventually David and Jeff took time off and I managed to catch and pass them. That didn't last for long once I had to stop and they got back on... But still, it was fun!!

Operated: 4.5hrs for 31/hr

I did have 1 decent Run on 40m with 36 qso's for 51.8/hr rate

Next contest for me are:
I may play in the ARRL International DX Contest SSB on March 7 weekend.

I REALLY hope to be in the VA QSO Party March 21 weekend. I try to include a few RTTY contacts, but mostly SSB & CW.

Maybe CQ WW WPX SSB on the March 28 weekend

I may look at a few others, but with 3Y0K Bouvet Is. on the air, I will be trying to get them at least once!!! HI HI

73 Yall Butch N5SMQ

[Jeff Rinehart]

RTTY contests are lots of fun until they are not.  I was doing fine till I got a serious case of TB - only  5.5 hours total on air time.  Well I got credit for 5.5 hours but it took me all afternoon and till sometime near bed-time to do it.  We all started at 1pm and by 5pm I needed a break.  It took me a couple hours to "rest up" and then I lasted for another couple hours.  I can't imagine how I used to tolerate those all weekend contests in my earlier years.  Anyway, I enjoyed it until I didn't.  

I kept trying to stay ahead of David and Butch but it was a losing battle.  The Extended Double Zepp served me well on all bands at a full 100 watts out.  The radio finals appreciated the extra fan or two I was using to keep things from getting too hot.  RTTY is a 100% duty cycle mode and only the toughest equipment will survive that.  Jim WS6X left us all "in the dust" - never to be caught, but that didn't surprise anyone.

15, 20 and 40 metes were the most productive for me.  There were plenty of stations on 75 meters but I was really getting tired by the time I got there.  10 meters had some signals but not enough to justify much time.  Maybe I just wasn't there at the right time?

My equipment included the old trusty Icom 756 Pro3, and the Extended Double Zepp dipole. I used my old Win10 desktop with N1MM and 4 decoders - One each of MMTTY and Gritty, with 2 instances of 2Tone.  A couple of times I noticed that the 2Tone decoders were the only ones decoding properly.  Many times Gritty was the only one properly decoding the RTTY signal.  All of the receiving decoders use AFSK.  For transmitting I used MMTTY in true FSK mode. 

Looking forward to the next CW or RTTY contest with the Shenandoah Valley Wireless group.  I may even dabble in the VA QSO party (maybe even some ssb - shhh??)

Jeff W4PJW

Jeff Rinehart   W4PJW

https://www.qrz.com/db/W4PJW

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