This is The DX Mentor podcast. I hope to help those hams trying to move up the DXCC ladder as well as those that at on the DXCC Honor Roll. As fast as technology is moving, no one can keep up on it all.
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Our guests were Ed, W0YK, and Joe, W8GEX
The topics that we covered included:
Intros - Joe, W8GEX, and then you
How did you get in to Ham Radio?
How did you get in to chasing DX?
You have operated from Japan, Syria, Jamaica, and the Galapagos.
Can you give us highlights of those operations?
How did you get in to contesting?
RTTY:
Describe it a bit
Seems to be your favorite mode, what do you like about it?
Are there still DX stations using RTTY?
Describe the various RTTY contests
It would seem to me to be as popular as ever, correct?
Let's talk about the RTTY sprint - seems daunting to me
Resources mentioned include:
RTTY Contesting : https://www.rttycontesting.com/
AA5AU Page : https://www.aa5au.com/
Weekly RTTY Sprint : https://radiosport.world/wrt.html
NCCC Weekly Sprint : https://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html
MMTTY RTTY Decoder : https://hamsoft.ca/pages/mmtty.php
2Tone RTTY Decoder : https://www.rttycontesting.com/downloads/2tone/
North American Sprint : https://www.contestcalendar.com/contestdetails.php?ref=155
CQWW RTTY DX Contest : https://www.contestcalendar.com/contestdetails.php?ref=130
Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.org
Daily DX https://www.dailydx.com/
DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/
Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/
IC-905 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/
IC-9700 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/
IC-7610 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7610/
IC-7300 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300/
IC-7760 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7760
IC-PW2 https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-PW2