Mark Aaker, K6UFO /
[email protected] Results: North American QSO Party RTTY — July 2018 The summer session of the North Ameri- can QSO Party, RTTY served up sizzling Single Op Top 10 Breakdowns surprises. Ten meters was open widely, Call Sign Score QSOs Mults 80 40 20 15 10 and 15 meters was stronger than usual. ACØC 192,423 1029 187 112/29 288/44 358/46 192/37 79/31 Strategic thinking returned to the fore, N9CK 170,033 881 193 179/40 306/52 242/46 118/38 36/17 as operators had to select which bands W7RN (WK6I) 165,924 838 198 66/29 199/42 294/51 184/41 95/35 to operate early in the contest, as well K9CT 150,890 790 191 129/34 200/45 280/50 115/37 66/25 N4ZZ 128,180 754 170 74/28 274/43 220/43 128/29 58/27 as when to take a break without missing K9WX 112,450 650 173 118/31 203/43 219/46 67/32 43/21 “prime-time” on an active band. Activity N5ZC 111,390 705 158 18/12 163/41 255/40 180/36 89/29 was high, with top Single Operator ACØC, AI9T 111,112 646 172 125/28 216/46 132/39 132/39 41/20 and top Multi-Two competitors NØNI and KD9MS 108,072 711 152 98/24 265/45 214/39 99/28 35/16 NV9L besting the 1,000-QSO mark. New WT9U 107,653 637 169 129/32 168/39 167/42 96/31 77/25 records were set for Connecticut, Missis- sippi, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Kansas.