[RTTY] [Fwd: [SECC] CW Sprint vs RTTY Contest QRM]

[Don Hill AA5AU]

Unfortunately the WPX RTTY contest is one of the most popular RTTY contests of
the year and there is a premium on 40 (and 80) meter DX contacts during this
contest (double points for all 40 & 80 meter contacts).  And most of the DX is
going to be found on the lower end at the same time the CW Sprint is going on.
So there are going to be RTTY signals from 7030 all the way up the band past
7050 Khz and maybe all the way to 7060.

It's just going to be a battle as it usually is.  When QRM comes, you just have
to move and try to be considerate of the other mode operators.  However, past
experience tells me that the CW guys aren't going to find any open spots above
7030 unless they run some very tight filters.  It's going to be wall to wall
RTTY.

I'm not trying to be negative, just realistic, but there's nothing that can be
done about it.

Knowing the Sprint is going on will probably encourage me to operate a little
higher in the band but I'll be banging away below 7050 as much as I can.  The
points are just too valuable to give up.

That's my nickel on it.

73, Don AA5AU

-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf
Of J. Michael Furfari
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 8:13 PM
To: ku8e at bellsouth.net; rtty at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] [Fwd: [SECC] CW Sprint vs RTTY Contest QRM]

seems like both RTTY and CW have EQUAL privileges to use this portion of the
band, probably splitting the band (7030-7040 for rtty and 7040 and above for
CW) would be a better solution than complete abstinence ???

I realize the Sprint requires people to jump frequency after completing a
contact and not hold a frequency so the old listen before you leap might not
work so well with this contest combination.

just my 2 cents.

73 de Mike K3FH


----- Original Message -----
From: <ku8e at bellsouth.net>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 10:07 AM
Subject: [RTTY] [Fwd: [SECC] CW Sprint vs RTTY Contest QRM]


>
>>
>> From: <ku8e at bellsouth.net>
>> Date: 2005/02/07 Mon AM 10:02:51 EST
>> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
>> CC: secc at contesting.com
>> Subject: [SECC] CW Sprint vs RTTY Contest QRM
>>
>>
>>   I couldn't help but notice there is another RTTY contest - CQ WW RTTY 
>> WPX Contest (0000Z, Feb 12 to 2400Z, Feb 13 ) scheduled next weekend. 
>> The NA CW Sprint, which is a very popular contest in
>> the USA is scheduled 0000-0400z on Saturday night.   How about you RTTY 
>> guys cutting us some slack and don't call CQ low in the band on 40 meters 
>> during the 4 hours the Sprint is going on. The NAQP CW contest back in 
>> January conflicted with another RTTY contest and the RTTY QRM made the 
>> band almost useless.
>>
>>  I understand that recently RTTY has become a popular mode , but the NA 
>> Sprints have been around
>> for almost 30 years on this exact weekend. The sponsors of all the new 
>> RTTY contests should take this into consideration when picking a date for 
>> their contest.  Thanks for your consideration...
>>
>>
>>  Jeff  KU8E
>>
>>
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