[RTTY] Just.........

[Don Hill AA5AU]

I have to disagree with Barry on this one.  I don't think there
are too many RTTY contests.  I also disagree with the original
post's comment that there is one every weekend.  There may be
one a month (two in some months), but definitely not too many.

I like the amount of RTTY contests there are now.  Maybe if 
there were more I wouldn't like it.  But now, there is a chance at
least once a month to work on your RTTY contesting skills even
if you aren't in it full time.

There are a lot of RTTY contests I don't really care for but I'm
glad they are there.  It gives everyone a chance to get on and make
sure their equipment is working right, etc.  In the smaller contests
it gives the some operators a chance to win when they otherwise
wouldn't have that chance.

I don't know about the IARU contest.  I've not operated it, but if
they were to add RTTY, I'd probably jump in there to keep the dust
off the keyboard.

Pleased to be on the new reflector.  Thanks to all that made it happen.

73, Don AA5AU

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Kutner" <w2up@mindspring.com>
To: <RTTY@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Just.........


> 
> > On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 18:42:08 +1200, Frank Hunt wrote:
> > 
> > >There seem to be a lot of 'small' rtty contests, too many?
> 
> WAY, too many. If you look at the RTTY contest calendar 
> (wherever it is kept these days, since N1RCT closed his site), 
> you'll see there's a RTTY contest almost every weekend. Most of 
> them, have pretty poor activity, and it surprises me that they 
> continue. I suppose the sponsors just want to run a contest.
> 
> IMHO, so many contests dilutes the activity from the big ones. For 
> most of us, there is a limit to how many weekends can be devoted 
> to contesting. Also, with the limited bandwidth we have, there is a 
> problem when a (non-contest) DXpedition is on the air. Finding 
> space to operate RTTY (hard enough to get them to do at times) 
> without colliding with contest activity has been a problem.
> 
>  If the 
> > >IARU WW contest included rtty, the potential is there for it to 
> > >become a real 'biggy' for rtty lovers. Any comments anyone?
> > 
> 
> Possible, but doubt it. In general, band condx are pretty poor this 
> time of year. Also, for those of us who live in climates with 4 
> seasons, radio activity tends to diminish this time of year.
> 
> 73 Barry
> 
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