<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_11549" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_12071">Yes, exactly. I was very disheartened but vowed I would not abandon the effort. I was in the process of securing another callsign to use from home in case the Internet did come back up. That's when the Internet came back. The contest ended up being a lot of fun. I only operated 8 hours because I wanted the other members to get their fair share of time at the keyboards. I did operate from midnight to 6 AM Saturday night and operated two of the remote stations at the same time in a sort of "SO2R" setup. I had done this before and it's a blast. It requires two separate computers on my end. I took the audio out from the sound cards and fed them to the inputs of my Dunestar 2-radio headset box. It's nearly identical to how I do SO2R RTTY at home using separate computers/keyboards/mice, etc.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_11549"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_11549" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_12445">The highlight of the contest for me was working TF1AN on 80 meters. It was an all time new entity for me on 80 meters. And it counts toward my DXCC since it was made from the same DXCC country (USA).</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_11549" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_11549" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_12446">The biggest challenge I've had since the contest was getting the contacts uploaded to eQSL. LoTW was easy using DXKeeper. I just had to create new locations in both DXKeeper and TQSL. But eQSL was a challenge. I did finally get it done but I don't like the way I had to do it.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_11549" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_11549" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_12447">We will be doing another Multi-Multi from W4AAW in the BARTG RTTY Contest in March. I'm a little apprehensive since AA5AU is the current World record holder for M/M in BARTG. Ron, K5DJ, and I operated as AA5AU from W5KFT in 2000.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_11549" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_11549" dir="ltr"><span>73, Don AA5AU</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_11548"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_12558" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_12557"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_12556"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_12555"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_12570"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487266873459_12569"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Marcel Livesay <n5vu@att.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "lcc@louisianacontestclub.org" <lcc@louisianacontestclub.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 15, 2017 12:32 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [LCC] LCC Digest, Vol 100, Issue 5<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv6842600521"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv6842600521yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487088735582_32233"><span id="yiv6842600521yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487088735582_32235">Wow! Good job Don. Just imagine if-n you work the whole allotted time. 73 Marcel N5VU</span></div><div class="yiv6842600521qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv6842600521yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487088735582_32234"><br><br></div><div class="yiv6842600521yahoo_quoted" id="yiv6842600521yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487088735582_32219" style="display:block;"> <div id="yiv6842600521yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487088735582_32218" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yiv6842600521yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487088735582_32217" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yiv6842600521yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487088735582_32224" dir="ltr"> <font id="yiv6842600521yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487088735582_32225" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1" id="yiv6842600521yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487088735582_32232"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "lcc-request@louisianacontestclub.org" <lcc-request@louisianacontestclub.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> lcc@louisianacontestclub.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 15, 2017 12:00 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> LCC Digest, Vol 100, Issue 5<br> </font> </div> <div class="yiv6842600521y_msg_container" id="yiv6842600521yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487088735582_32216"><br>Send LCC mailing list submissions to<br> <a rel="nofollow" id="yiv6842600521yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487088735582_32223" ymailto="mailto:lcc@louisianacontestclub.org" target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">lcc@louisianacontestclub.org</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a rel="nofollow" id="yiv6842600521yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487088735582_32242" target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://mail.louisianacontestclub.org/mailman/listinfo/lcc_louisianacontestclub.org</a><br><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lcc-request@louisianacontestclub.org" target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">lcc-request@louisianacontestclub.org</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lcc-owner@louisianacontestclub.org" target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">lcc-owner@louisianacontestclub.org</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of LCC digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:AA5AU@W4AAW" target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">AA5AU@W4AAW</a> WPX RTTY M/U 16 Hour Late Start (Don Hill AA5AU)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:29:44 -0600<br>From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:aa5au@bellsouth.net" target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">aa5au@bellsouth.net</a>><br>To: "'Contest Club Louisiana'" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:LCC@louisianacontestclub.org" target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">LCC@louisianacontestclub.org</a>><br>Subject: [LCC] <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:AA5AU@W4AAW" target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">AA5AU@W4AAW</a> WPX RTTY M/U 16 Hour Late Start<br>Message-ID: <006c01d28711$d8cb1f70$8a615e50$@net><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest<br> <br>Call: AA5AU<br><br><br><br><br><br> Operator(s): AA5AU N1MGO W6IHG W4AAW W4TMO MM0LID KJ0D<br><br><br><br><br><br> Station: W4AAW PVRC Members: W6IHG, W4TMO, W4AAW<br> <br>Class: M/U HP<br>QTH: VA FM19<br>Operating Time (hrs): 32.25<br>Remote Operation<br> <br>Summary:<br> Band QSOs<br>------------<br> 80: 384<br> 40: 983<br> 20: 911<br> 15: 668<br> 10: 1<br>------------<br>Total: 2947 Prefixes = 953 Total Score = 8,047,132<br> <br>Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club<br> <br>Comments:<br> <br>We lost the first 15 3/4 hours of the contest due to an inexplicable Internet<br>service failure. First time that has ever happened to us. With six of the<br>seven members of our RTTY team working remotely, that should spell disaster! The<br>Internet came back up about 10 AM on Saturday. The service provider has no<br>explanation.<br> <br>The 8-million point comeback following an almost 16-hour late start is a real<br>tribute to the amazing resolve, resilience and dedication of our RTTY operator<br>group.<br> <br>The six remote ops logged in from the following locations:<br> <br>AA5AU Don Louisiana<br>N1MGO Gordon Massachusetts<br>W6IHG Jerry Virginia*** *** indicates PVRC member<br>W4TMO Jim North Carolina***<br>MM0LID Scott Scotland<br>KJ0D Eric Missouri<br> <br>W4AAW Mike from the shack in VA***<br> <br>Out team would like to congratulate the ops at NR4M. They were everywhere and<br>certainly led all things RTTY in North America with their efforts. Hats off to<br>Steve-NR4M and his crew.<br> <br>Thanks to Don-AA5AU, our RTTY Chairman for the use of his famous call. <br>Hopefully, Don, we done you proud.<br> <br>Thanks to Ed-W0YK for his contest leadership and to CQ Magazine for its<br>sponsorship of the best contests in RadioSport.<br> <br>Finally, thanks to all we worked, for the Qs. <br> <br>A real nail-bighter that seems to have turned out more than "OK."<br> <br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://mail.louisianacontestclub.org/pipermail/lcc_louisianacontestclub.org/attachments/20170214/c4006ea7/attachment-0001.html</a>><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Subject: Digest Footer<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>LCC mailing list<br><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:LCC@louisianacontestclub.org" target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">LCC@louisianacontestclub.org</a><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://mail.louisianacontestclub.org/mailman/listinfo/lcc_louisianacontestclub.org</a><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>End of LCC Digest, Vol 100, Issue 5<br>***********************************<br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>LCC mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:LCC@louisianacontestclub.org" class="removed-link" href="">LCC@louisianacontestclub.org</a><br><a target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">http://mail.louisianacontestclub.org/mailman/listinfo/lcc_louisianacontestclub.org</a><br>Message delivered to <a ymailto="mailto:aa5au@bellsouth.net" class="removed-link" href="">aa5au@bellsouth.net</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>