I agree with Tom. There is no reason not to have a RTTY contest or two
each year on 160M. We all know that 160 Meters is a challenge and some
of us look forward to the challenge of 160 Meter RTTY. I fully support
the idea. I also recommended a scoring system like the Stew Perry
contest.
73, Jim
AD6WL
>>>>>>>> I'm all for RTTY contests on 160 meters. CW and SSB contests
occur on 160
meters so why not digital?!
I've been a regular operator on 160 meters for 20 years and have watched
the
band go from crowded to virtually and empty wasteland, mainly due to
many
hams becoming SK's and/or moving into assisted living facilities. I
believe
in the concept of use the bands or lose the bands.
I'm retired and have time to be a full time ham and can tell you that
all
the MF/HF bands they are very underutilized during the work week and not
very
busy on the weekends when no contests are scheduled. Weekend contests
populate otherwise empty bands, a good argument for contesting.
Just my .04 cents (due to inflation).
73 & GUD DX,
Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O
Lakeland, FL, USA
nz4o at arrl.net
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