[RTTY] RTTY at Field Day

[ka3hsw at earthlink.net]

On 21 Feb 2004 at 2:16, WI8W wrote:

> Ok gang,
> 
> My club is doing our Field day planning to are planning to run RTTY as 
> one of the modes.  How much RTTY activity is there at Field day?
> 
> 
> Inquiring minds (and crazy ones) want to know
> 
> 73
> 
> Thom WI8W



Our club, the Wheaton Community Radio Amateurs (call W9CCU), typically runs 
anywhere from 8A to 11A, and although the idea of a RTTY station has been floated 
a couple of times, the feeling seemed to be that there weren't enough points to be 
had to make it worth the effort of finding another station captain, rig, tent, antenna, 
filters, etc.  

Not that I wouldn't like to see RTTY, but I always run the satellite station (and 
sometimes VHF/UHF), so someone else will have to pick up the RTTY torch......

73 de KA3HSW


(Power is no problem though:  our truck has a 15 kW generator, a couple of guys 
bring their own portable ones, and I had virtually zero voltage drop at 175 wire-feet 
from the truck... :-)  )