Well said Bill! And I agree to all your points!
Bring on a RTTY contest to 160 meters!
73
Jim W7RY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242@yahoo.com>
To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] 160m in RTTY Contests
> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:37:22 -0600, Jim Reisert AD1C
> <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>
> wrote:
>
>>The band is too narrow.
>
> 200 kHz is too narrow?
>>
>>The harm it does to 160 regulars far outweighs any possible benefit to
>>RTTY contesters.
>
> I operate regularly in the ARRL-recommended 1800-1810 segment. I have
> heard a
> non-digital signal there only once in a non-contest period. If there was a
> dedicated 160 meter RTTY contest, I doubt if the 'regulars' would even
> notice.
>>
>>There are propagation "features" which distort RTTY signals on the low
>>bands. 80 is tough, 160 is tougher. I'm sure Kok Chen can explain.
>
> Granted, you probably won't be working the other side of the earth on 160
> RTTY,
> but hams love a challenge, don't they? I have 25 states worked on 160 RTTY
> and
> would love to get 'em all. To the best of my knowledge, no one has WAS on
> 160
> RTTY yet. Who will be first?
>>
>>160 meter antenna systems are typically narrow-band. Losses build up
>>quickly when moving away from the resonant frequency. People who run a
>>KW on RTTY on 160 could suffer antenna damage.
>
> Antennas are easily re-tuned for 160 meters, either with a loading coil or
> by
> clipping on a couple feet of wire. And SWR losses are lowest on 160 of all
> bands
> anyway.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
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