[LCC] RTTY Roundup K5ER Single Op LP

[Mark Ketchell]

ARRL RTTY Summary Sheet

Start Date : 2015-01-03

CallSign Used : K5ER
Operator(s) : K5ER

Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
Band : ALL
Power : LOW
Mode : RTTY
Default Exchange : LA

Name : Mark Ketchell

ARRL Section : LA
Club/Team : Louisiana Contest Club
Software : N1MM Logger V14.1.2

Band   QSOs  Sec   DXC
3.5      91
7        110
14      45
21      248
28      94
Total  588    54    37

Score : 53,508


Soapbox:
      I hadn't heard of much rare DX planning to be on, so decided to 
go un-assisted. Also figured it had been a while, so I went low 
power. Other change was, it was time to try out N1MM +. Rtty Round-up 
is a fun contest for me, not a killer competition. I knew there would 
be a learning curve to the new software, and was sure the rate would 
suffer as I became familiar with all the new features, and wanted to 
cross that hurdle before a real competitive effort.

      If I had been CW or SSB, I would have never seen a problem, but 
for rtty, something in my set-up caused N1MM+ some issues. It didn't 
matter if I used <Alt-g> or my short-cut key, but anytime I "grabbed" 
a call to put into the entry window, it caused the software to think 
the radio was keyed, and wouldn't let me change fields or change to 
the second radio window unless I actually forced the radio to key up 
with a keyboard command. Using the delete <DELSEL> caused the same 
hangup. For one who enjoys SO2R, this caused a MAJOR slow-down. I 
disabled my shortcut keys, re-wrote my macros, and checked my ptt key 
lines, but couldn't figure out what caused the problem. Only about 
300 Q's in the first 16 hours - sad. I finally had enough and crashed 
for the night. On Sunday, I exported my log from N1MM+, then imported 
it into N1MM classic. Aahhh...back to something I know and love. 
About 5 hours Sunday afternoon and another 300 Q's and I'm feeling 
much better.  Even with all the issues, I was up 144 contacts and 15K 
points, so that's not too bad.

      I am NOT giving up on N1MM+. Now that I'm not in the middle of 
a contest, I'll go back and see what is going on. There are several 
features that make it really slick, and once I get it to work "my 
way", I'm sure I will like it even more than classic.

73,
Mark, K5ER