[RTTY] No Digital?

[DJ3IW Goetz]

Hi Frank,

I have the following comments about the upcoming Mellish DXpedition
and RTTY.

My experience with RTTY tells me that the majority of RTTY ops are
located in three regions:
- North-America,
- Japan,
- Europe.

If you look at a great-circle map centered on Mellish, you will see:
- North-America and Europe/Japan are about 90 degrees apart,
- Europe lies almost on the same bearing as Japan.

Given this, I think it will not be possible to work all three areas
within ONE 3 hour slot - propagation will just not support it.
Please consider these facts when making the plans/schedule for RTTY
operation from VK9Mellish.

73 de Goetz DJ3IW
dj3iw@t-online.de
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Hunt" <ditdah@infogen.net.nz>
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 6:43 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] No Digital?

> The 2002 Mellish Reef team, including myself, are presently 
> considering how much time we should spend on RTTY.
> Can we expect to make 4,000 QSO's, or how many?
> ..... 
> 73, Frank ZL2BR