WQ6X - SARTG RTTY Remembrances -

The Scandinavian Amateur Radio Teleprinter Group (SART) RTTY events are uniquely structured 24-hour radiosport contest events that are "stretched out" over a 40-hour time frame, inside which there are two 8-hour mandatory off periods.

I did a backwards look at the different SARTG RTTY GiGs documented over the years and found
a surprising JUMP chronologically.

• [X] 2o13 - WQ6X operates NAQP-SSB & SARTG RTTY while hunting for Lighthouses
  
  
  This was WQ6X's entry into the SARTG RTTY contest from N6GEO's QTH in Brentwood California.  In between working the NAQP Ssb GiG 40 SARTG RTTY QSOs eventually
  made it into the log on 15 & 20 meters (40 & 80 were DOA for RTTY).
  
  
• [X] 2o21 - WQ6X Works another WEIRD NAQP Dual-OP
  
  
  After nearly 5-hours of frustrating full-duty RTTY running, from W7AYT's QTH in Concord,
  it was certainly time to give the FT-1000mp a rest.  The biggest problem was actually
  in-shack RFI on 20-meters, disrupting computer USB ports of all things, encouraging
  15-meter operating whenever possible.
  
  
• [X] 2o24 - WQ6X Wanders around a WEIRD Saturday-contest WeekEnd
  
  
  This was a weird attempt at running SARTG RTTY remotely.  Unable to directly
  control the radio, it was a simple matter to swap the audio lines and turn on VOX.
  Because of splotchy internet, I devised the idea of recording the F1 and F3 keys
  into the Elecraft K3's DVK channels 1 & 3.  Because the contest exchange involves
  an ever-increasing serial #, the contest exchange was sent out newly for every QSO.
  While 30-QSOs (11k points) isn't much of a score, what was actually learned in the process is what matters.
  
  
• [X] 2o24 - Reminiscing RTTY Running Realistically
  
  
  This was a variation on Blast from the Past (BFP) Blogs I have written,
  altho it included the many different RTTY GiGs I have participated in during
  the last 15+ radiosport years.  Being a unique 3-part contest, the SARTG events
  certainly belong in that retrospective.
  
  
• [X] 2o25 (Jan.) - WQ6X Uses SARTG-NY as a RTTY RU Training Ground
  

  
  The SARTG NY (New Year) RTTY contest became more of a training ground for adaptive RTTY cabling than it was about how many QSOs could be added to the log.  The gimmick documented in that blog entry was using N1MM+ to key the Yaesu FT-2000 PTT circuit which was parallel hooked to the K3/0-mini footswitch line.  Doing this eliminated the need for using VOX to activate the remote radio (VOX can get into an infinite feedback loop.).  While it was still necessary to type in the run frequency, by running instead of S&P'ing,
  the correct frequency was always in-place.
  
  
• [X] 2o25 (Aug.) - WQ6X Works a Weirdly disjointed Radiosport weekend
  
  
  Contest calendar wise, the 2o25 3rd August weekend produced a bevy of different
  radiosport contests, one of which, the SARTG RTTY, GiG was in the middle of that. 
  The strategy was operating the correct contest (SARTG / NAQP) at the correct time
  for the current band conditions & to predict what the evening propagation will bring us.
  While playing SARTG RTTY, WQ6X also ran the NAQP Ssb contest at QRP power
  and managed to take 1st-place for QRP in that event - I DiD NoT see that one coming.
  
  
• [X] 2o26 - WQ6X Wanders thru YeT another SARTG - NAQP Ssb
                    and International Lighthouse WeeKend
  
  
  For 2o26, equipment cabling problems kept the RTTY operation off the air during
  the 1st 8-hour segment and part of the 2nd segment.  When it was all over the 96-QSO score was considerably less than 2o25's 110 Q's, due to the noticeable lack in multipliers.
  What made the 2o26 event fun was purposely running frequencies most of the time.
  It also gave me the opportunity to make some improvements to the Stereo-RTTY method.
  ([CLICK HERE] to read about Stereo-RTTY.)

Have YOU ever worked the SARTG RTTY contest GiGs?

Is WQ6X in YOUR LoG?