I'll tell yaa what then. Next time I'm on 40 cw and a ''goodguy RTTY
fella'' clobbers me in the middle of a QSO I'll fire up the RTTY program and
find out who it is. Then post it here. Should be a busy night.
Dan/W4NTI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Schulz Jonathan" <jonathan.schulz@siemens.com>
To: "secc" <secc@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 10:33 AM
Subject: RE: [SECC] Poor Operating? nawwwwww
>I was wrong in my quoting 7.04-7.05 as the freq allocated to DX as K9MUG
> pointed out it is 7.035-7.045.
>
> I am one of the "soundcard" RTTY contest guys the have blossomed in the
> last
> 2 years - previously only doing Phone tests and the occasional CW contest
> to
> give Q's to the deserving. To those that want to try the mode I recommend
> http://rttycontesting.com/tutorials/tutorials.htm as an excellent starting
> point and to answer any questions you may have about getting on the mode
>
> I have found nothing but the most courteous operators in every RTTY
> contest
> I have played in, frequency fights are far and few between, and while some
> have trouble with regards to overdriving AFSK signals, it is nothing
> compared to the overabundance of overdriven phone signals in a typical
> contest. I think the worst problem is those that answer a CQ off frequency
> due to the improper use of NET & AFC - a hand near the RIT knob cures that
> issue
>
> I refuse to believe that "many of the RTTY guys in the contest would
> intentionally QRM those doing the NAQP on CW..."
>
> Hope to work my SECC friends this weekend in the NAQP Phone 'test, and to
> see everyone @ NQ4I's for WPX SSB in late March
>
> 73
> Jon
> K9JS
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ku8e@bellsouth.net [mailto:ku8e@bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 8:35 AM
> To: Schulz Jonathan; secc
> Subject: Re: [SECC] Poor Operating? nawwwwww
>
>
>
> 40 meters is really messed up and the FCC needs to act on it now.... Jon,
> the problem is that
> many of the RTTY guys in the contest would intentionally QRM those doing
> the NAQP on CW...
> I think that is what pissed off alot of people. RTTY contesting is
> growing
> in popularity and the
> spill over to frequencies that were mainly not used by RTTY guys in the
> past is a prime example of this.
>
> I think the best solution is for one of the parties to reschedule their
> contest to another weekend.
>
> 73, Jeff
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