[CQ-Contest] 30 M RTTY?

[Gordon LaPoint]

Ron,
     I do lots of RTTY, and other digitial modes.  I spend lots of time 
on 30mtrs, but have never seen contesting on it, or any other WARC band.
   I have seen the band busy when a Dxpedition was on.

Gordon - N1MGO

On 11/13/2017 10:49 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
> Interesting item posted on the QRZ.COM forum this evening.  Now, I don't
> believe it... but I have to ask anyway...
>
> The allegation posted by this induhvidual is as follows, and I quote:
>
> "Downside? Yes. When you wander off to a WARC band during a contest, hoping
> find some relief, they are sometimes already there. On two occasions in the
> last two years I have headed to 30 meters, only to find it taken over by
> RTTY contesters. They stayed at it last time until someone from CQ magazine
> showed up and told them that they were all disqualified for the CQ event if
> they submitted 30m contacts in a contest. Hard to understand but true. If
> you get into a contest, wouldn't you want to know the rules?
>
> Other than that blatant black eye, I like contesters."
>
> Incidentally, despite that last line, previous posts from this induhvidual
> (I am deliberately not naming him at this time, if you know who it is,
> please don't either) indicate that he is not exactly a fan of contests...
> But I digress...
>
> Like I said, I don't believe the allegation.  Regardless, I have to ask if
> this rings a bell with anyone, did something even close to this allegation
> actually happen in the last 2 years?
>
> I mean, really?  Even if someone who wasn't a big-gun (or didn't care) was
> operating "in the contest" on 30, someone from CQ Magazine shows up out of
> the blue to chase them off?  That's so absurd on the face of it that it's
> not even worth the paragraph to debunk it.
>
> Personally, I think the real story is that his favorite frequency was
> already in use by someone, possiblly a small Dxpedition or a semi-rare DX
> station, said station was running "contest style", and as a result, he put 2
> & 2 together... And came up with 22.
>
> And yes, I've already called him out on it.  Well, won't be the first time I
> get called names.  (Amazing how some tellers of tall tales don't like it
> when their tall tale is exposed as just that.)  But just in case there is
> even a smidgen of truth to the tale... Which I doubt... I have to ask.
>
> So, anyone ever hear of anything like this?  In recent memory, that is?
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
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