N2NC wrote: "Was nice to not have RTTY signals all over 40m since the ARRL RTTY contest was last weeeknd. Was that planned or a fluke of the calendar this year?" ARRL RTTY Roundup is 1st weekend in January, but never on January 1! NAQP CW is always the 2nd full weekend in January. I suppose it could be called "planned"? C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW