START-OF-LOG: 3.0 CALLSIGN: K7VC CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH 8-HOURS CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-MODE CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP SINGLE-BAND CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE CLUB: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTEST CLUB CONTEST: DIGIFEST CREATED-BY: WRITELOG V10.86C NAME: DICK FLANAGAN ADDRESS: 2851 ESAW STREET ADDRESS-CITY: MINDEN ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: NV ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: 89423 ADDRESS-COUNTRY: USA OPERATORS: K7VC SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: 24 QSOS, 22 UNIQUE GRID SQUARES, UNKNOWN NUMBER OF DISTANCE MULTS. SOAPBOX: ALL STATE-SIDE EXCEPT ONE CANADIAN AND ONE GERMAN. SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: SINGLE-DIGIT RATES. I FELT LIKE I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE CONTEST. SOAPBOX: I QUALIFIED FOR FOUR CATEGORIES, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE TO SOAPBOX: ENTER. DECISIONS, DECISIONS... :) SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: I WAS CALLED BY MANY 45 BAUD STATIONS THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SOAPBOX: CONTEST I COULD ONLY RESPOND TO IN 75 BAUD. I FINALLY HAD TO MAKE SOAPBOX: A SPECIAL MACRO THAT WOULD EXPLAIN AT 45 BAUD WHY I WAS OPERATING SOAPBOX: AT 75 BAUD AND THEN GO BACK TO 75 BAUD AND HOPE THEY COULD FIGURE SOAPBOX: OUT HOW TO RESOND TO ME. SOME DID, MOST DIDN'T. SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: MY ORIGINAL LOG DIDN'T HAVE RSTS LISTED AS WAS ILLUSTRATED BY THE SOAPBOX: DIGIFEST WEB SITE EXAMPLES. UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR LOG ROBOT SOAPBOX: REQUIRES RST VALUES, SO AFTER I MANUALLY ADDED THEM TO THE LOG, SOAPBOX: THE ROBOT ACCEPTED THEM. SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: LACK OF PROMOTION, LACK OF CONTEST SCORING MODULES AND MINIMAL SOAPBOX: INTEREST BY THE RTTY-ONLY COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, LACK OF RTTY SOAPBOX: INTEREST IS NOT THE FAULT OF THE CONTEST ORGANIZERS AS THIS IS A SOAPBOX: MULTI-MODE CONTEST SO THOSE OF US OPERATING ONLY ONE MODE HAVE NO SOAPBOX: ONE TO BLAME BUT THEMSELVES. SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: I PROBABLY WON'T OPERATE THIS CONTEST AGAIN UNLESS I CAN BRING SOAPBOX: MORE MODES TO THE PARTY OR UNLESS THE ORGANIZERS CAN RALLY MORE SOAPBOX: STATIONS TO THE EVENT. I ONLY OPERATED FOUR HOURS BECAUSE THE SOAPBOX: SINGLE-DIGIT RATES WERE JUST TOO SLOW TO MAINTAIN MY INTEREST. SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: MY THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO PUT UP WITH MY 75 BAUD CQS, EVEN IF SOAPBOX: THEY HADN'T A CLUE WHY I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THEIR RESPONSES. :) SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: MY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE ORGANIZERS; ANY CONTEST THAT GETS ME SOAPBOX: ON THE AIR IS A GOOD CONTEST. SOAPBOX: QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2024 K7VC 599 DM09 WB8MKH 599 EN75 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2025 K7VC 599 DM09 K0RC 599 EN35 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2040 K7VC 599 DM09 NC5O 599 EM12 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2054 K7VC 599 DM09 AB1J 599 FN42 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2058 K7VC 599 DM09 W0GLB 599 DM78 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2108 K7VC 599 DM09 VE2FK 599 FN68 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2110 K7VC 599 DM09 W0CXX 599 EN42 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2133 K7VC 599 DM09 DJ3IW 599 JN69 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2206 K7VC 599 DM09 W9AKS 599 EN52 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2227 K7VC 599 DM09 CO2MS 599 EL83 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2228 K7VC 599 DM09 KC2RXS 599 FN32 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2229 K7VC 599 DM09 KB3LIX 599 EN90 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2232 K7VC 599 DM09 W1/CT1AGF 599 FN41 QSO: 14080 RY 2011-06-04 2333 K7VC 599 DM09 N3XL 599 FM19 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2356 K7VC 599 DM09 K9OM 599 EN65 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-04 2358 K7VC 599 DM09 KB4ZGO 599 FM06 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-05 0001 K7VC 599 DM09 N3CH 599 FN20 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-05 0002 K7VC 599 DM09 W6WRT 599 DM14 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-05 0008 K7VC 599 DM09 WA1N 599 FN43 QSO: 14083 RY 2011-06-05 0010 K7VC 599 DM09 N4RT 599 EM60 QSO: 14082 RY 2011-06-05 0022 K7VC 599 DM09 N1FDX 599 FN41 QSO: 14082 RY 2011-06-05 1734 K7VC 599 DM09 K0KX 599 EN35 END-OF-LOG: ORIGINAL_FILENAME: DigiFest 2011.log UPLOAD_TIME: 2011-06-06 23:36 REMOTE_ADDR: 75.141.225.82