[RTTY] ARRL CW-contest and 80m activity

George Johnson w1zt@mediaone.net
Sun, 17 Feb 2002 09:19:59 -0500


Goetz,
The band QRN was very low last night and all signals were very strong.
I would love to hear that in an RTTY contest :-)

I finally worked KL7Y on 80m this morning for the first time.
73, George .. W1ZT

----- Original Message -----
From: "DJ3IW Goetz" <k0869565@tiscalinet.de>
To: "RTTY" <RTTY@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 7:00 AM
Subject: [RTTY] ARRL CW-contest and 80m activity


> How comes that the ARRL CW contest produces so much stateside
> activity on 80M? Each and every one of my calls to cqing USA stations
> brought an immediate response with just 100watts into a simple dipole
> at 30ft on my side!
> Wish I could see the same level of stateside 80m activity in RTTY
contests!
> 73 de Goetz, DJ3IW
> k0869565@tiscalinet.de
>
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