[RTTY] ARRL RTTY Roundup and 10 meters

[Terry Gerdes]

Hi Guys,

This low in the solar cycle my experience is that ten meters is not a very 
productive band for a RTTY contest.  I think its non-productive just because 
not a lot of stations use it.  In the day light hours, there are sporadic-E 
openings all over the US and some DX as well.   For example, in the 10-meter 
contest a few weeks ago, NX5M ran a multi-op mixed mode and made 1880 Q's 
and 180 mults.  Here are the results:

                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: NX5M
Operator(s): NX5M, N5XJ, N5DUW, KU5B, NT5TU, KA5BKG, AB5K
Station: NX5M

Class: M/S HP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 32

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:  838    91
  SSB: 1042    89
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Total: 1880   180  Total Score = 981,360

Looking at the NX5M scores from the past years, the 10 meter propagation is 
there despite the current low solar flux numbers.  The question is can we 
make use of those openings and get some RTTY stations working there?   In 
some of the contests some of the ops have a agreement to check 160 
propagation at the top of the hour.  What if we did the same for ten meters? 
Would that be productive?  Other options or thoughts?

73 Terry AB5K