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Re: [RTTY] Why are VP5, C6 and EI difficult to work on RTTY?

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Subject: Re: [RTTY] Why are VP5, C6 and EI difficult to work on RTTY?
From: John Merrill <johnn1jm@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:28:58 -0700
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2010/3/12 John Merrill <johnn1jm@gmail.com>:
> I haven't heard much of Jody lately. Maybe she has lost interest in contests.
>
> John N1JM
>
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Kok Chen <chen@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2010, at 10:39 PM, Tim Goeppinger wrote:
>>
>>> I have been on RTTY for almost 4 years now, and worked thousands of RTTY 
>>> QSO's mainly in contests.  I have noticed that 3 countries that are common 
>>> in other modes, but are rare on RTTY:  VP5, C6 and EI.
>>
>> Pity.  If you had operated for just a little longer, you would have found 
>> VP5JM on during almost every major RTTY contest.  My most recent contact 
>> with Jody was in March 2005 during TARA.  And yes, she rents out the shack 
>> and antennas (http://www.vp5jm.com/).
>>
>> The more recent RTTY ops also misses out on easy contacts with TY1PS and 
>> HH2PK, among others.  Peter moved on to other Digital modes, but there was a 
>> big TY DXpedition within the last 10 years that operated from Peter's house, 
>> if memory serves.  Patrick was at one time not just active with RTTY but CW 
>> and SSB contests too.  I believe Patrick has left Haiti.
>>
>> 73
>> Chen, W7AY
>>
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