[RTTY] 160 meter

[Bill Turner]

On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 20:59:10 -0400, Tom Homewood wrote:

>The New ARRL Bandplan for 160 has digital at 1.800 to 1.810.
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>Tom, W1TO

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Also, to answer Chen's question, I suspect most 160 meter guys
have their antennas resonant around 1825-1835 or so for the DX
window.  Given that, a move up to 1880 is a ~50 kHz shift, where
down to 1805 is only ~25.  Antennas are narrowbanded on 160, even
for full size ones; a loaded antenna is REALLY narrow.  Best to
move as little as possible if you're going to work more than just
RTTY.

To me, 1805 is the better choice.  In all the listening I've done
there other than during a contest, I've never heard anyone other
than us RTTY guys.  

Comments welcome.

73, Bill W7TI