We made a few JT65 contacts for the Nebraska operation. If band conditions
are marginal in your time slot it may be worth a try. I had no trouble getting
pileups except on 160m and I think that was because no one was listening,
17 on 160m in an hour.
Ron
K0IDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>
To: "'RTTY'" <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:25 PM
Subject: [RTTY] W1AW portables on JT65
Since this is the "RTTY" reflector, I think I already know what kind of answers
I'll get with this one, but here goes.
I'm going to be operating W1AW/5 next week and will be doing a lot of RTTY. My thoughts are that I will not operate JT65 because
of
how slow it is. I have worked other W1AW portable stations on JT65 but I just
don't see the value in using a mode that takes 5
minutes to make one contact. Don't get me wrong, I really like JT65 and have over 1500 JT65 contacts in the log in the past 2
years.
But...
Is there any value at all to operating JT65 from W1AW portable operations? Does
the rate get so slow toward the end that JT65 then
becomes acceptable in spite of its slow rate?
Thanks,
Don AA5AU
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