[CQ-Contest] CW Sprint vs RTTY Contest QRM

[Joe Subich, K4IK]

Jeff, 

Why would a domestic contest not move up in the band (7080 to 
7150 should be plenty of room) rather than fight it out with 
RTTY operators during an international contest in the only 
area of the band open for international contacts?   Europe 
is pretty well "stuck" between 7030 and 7050 for RTTY - 
they might be able to move up a bit but that will certainly 
draw the ire of SSB ops. 

WPX contests ... even the RTTY WPX is not exactly a Johnny-
come-lately although the digital mode events are getting 
more popular every year. 

73, 

   ... Joe, K4IK 
  


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of 
> ku8e at bellsouth.net
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 10:03 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Cc: secc at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] CW Sprint vs RTTY Contest QRM
> 
> 
> 
>   I couldn't help but notice there is another RTTY contest - 
> CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest (0000Z, Feb 12 to 2400Z, Feb 13 ) 
> scheduled next weekend.  The NA CW Sprint, which is a very 
> popular contest in the USA is scheduled 0000-0400z on Saturday 
> night.   How about you RTTY guys cutting us some slack and don't 
> call CQ low in the band on 40 meters during the 4 hours the 
> Sprint is going on. The NAQP CW contest back in January 
> conflicted with another RTTY contest and the RTTY QRM made 
> the band almost useless.
> 
>  I understand that recently RTTY has become a popular mode , 
> but the NA Sprints have been around 
> for almost 30 years on this exact weekend. The sponsors of 
> all the new RTTY contests should take this into consideration 
> when picking a date for their contest.  Thanks for your 
> consideration...
> 
> 
>  Jeff  KU8E
> 
> 
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