[CQ-Contest] Re: RTTY Contesting (QRM??)

[W1HIJ-Bill]

>Paul Linnell wrote:
>> 
>> I was ashamed to see that you guys are listed as "extra class" hams....I
>> guess contesting can turn ones brain to "crap"...
>> 
>> We were working c.w. on 40 meters and you guys were running your damn RTTY
>> contest and you just kept on qrming the hell out of us...

>from: Bill Gallier, W4WX
>
>Was operating the RTTY Roundup in the authorized section of the 40 meter
>band.  Received this hate mail.  Understand he has sent messages to
>others in the pass for operating on the bands when he was on!

 <snip>

>ps . . I always listen before using a freq.  Just couldn't hear is QRP
>station.

For what it's worth, while contesting may "turn one's brain to crap" it
doesn't make ears worthless. Today, at around 14062/4 several QRP cw
stations were working their own contest. The fact that there was RTTY both
above and below them didn't seem to bother them at all.... or me for that
matter. I worked W3TS, K5BX, HP1AC, and several others. All the while
running 5W or so.

As usual, it's funny how some people just can't seem to get the hang of
using filters (either the silicon type or the type that comes packaged in a
brain).  The same guy did seem willing to go to the trouble of firing up
something that would copy the RTTY, so he could get the callsigns, so he
could send his hate mail.... Seems like the same amount of effort would have
resulted in more QSO's, QRM or not.

Oh well, there's no accounting for priorities....

Bill
W1HIJ (/6)
(that's, uh, in California man)



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