[RTTY] SARTG - one more comment

[Jim Martin - MM0BQI]

Certainly many wide and distorted signals here making large sections of the
band unusable! Very hard to keep a run frequency with 40w and a low dipole
possibly due to my low signal being drowned out in the noise.
Judging by signal quality and the varied, and sometimes lengthy exchanges,
it would seem we need to share the 'best practice' of RTTY operating and
contesting with all those now taking part.
There is so much good information available by experienced operators which
could go a long way to improving the current situation, if only we could get
it out to those who may benefit from it.
Sadly the packet cheats were noticed here also!  A curse on their coax and
antennas!
Despite this SARTG is one of the best contests of the year. Great fun!
73 and cu next weekend.
Jim  MM0BQI


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From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com]OnHow
Behalf Of DJ3IW Goetz
Sent: 23 August 2004 14:56
To: RTTY
Subject: [RTTY] SARTG - one more comment


Hi,

without going into the pros and cons (please NO discussion) of using
DX-cluster spots in RTTY contesting I want to comment on one observation.
There were a high number of spots made be active contesters. When trying
to find the spotted DX the only thing that could be heard on or near the
spotted frequency was the spotter himself banging away "CQ SARTG". To me
a clear case of (despicable) self-spotting.
And yes there were again many "wide" signals on the bands.

73 de Goetz
dj3iw at t-online.de


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