[RTTY] RE: RTTY Digest, Vol 25, Issue 10

[Don Hill AA5AU]

Win single-handedly?  I don't think so.  I have a feeling there will be lots of
stations on my heels this year, especially 8P2K who will be in there with a
serious LOW POWER effort.

It does concern me the CW contest will be going on.  I'm "hoping" the RTTY
stations will stay above 7050 Khz so we don't have to fight too many battles on
the low end of the band.  I always try to stay high in the band on 40 during the
Roundup and only go low to look for multipliers.  Last year I found two
multipliers on the lower end of 40, both EU stations.

40 meters may be the most important band of the contest because of condx.  And
with the CW contest going, hopefully staying in the low end, most RTTY stations
will be high in frequency which will cause for a crowded band.  However, if we
utilize 7050-7070 Khz more during the Roundup, we should be OK.

I think there is suppose to be an hour practice tonight starting at 0300?
Haven't seen an announcement by the NCCC yet, but I'll be on both 40 (high end)
and 80 meters tonight practicing.  Running new, unfamiliar radios and a beta
version of WriteLog and one PC which I "think" is fixed from MMTTY lock-up
problems, I have some issues I need to resolve before I'll feel comfortable! hi

73, Don AA5AU

-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf
Of Charles Morrison
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:18 AM
To: rtty at contesting.com
Cc: 'David Hachadorian'
Subject: [RTTY] RE: RTTY Digest, Vol 25, Issue 10

Yeah, its for this reason Im going to let Don win singlehandedly, Pat's going to
be doing NAQP CW from the camp, so im stuck SO1R at home.  Oh well, no
competition from me again this year..  :)

Charlie
KI5XP




Message: 7
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:01:50 -0700
From: "David Hachadorian" <K6LL at adelphia.net>
Subject: [RTTY] CW/RTTY QRM Saturday evening
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The NAQP CW  and the RTTY Roundup contests are both scheduled for this coming
Saturday. With a lot of the RTTY activity occuring around 7040, and the NAQP
suggested frequencies of around 7030, 40 meters has all the potential of
becoming a total zoo.

The only hope I can see is for cw guys to use the lower part of the band, down
into the Extra Class portion, and for the RTTY guys to stay as high as possible,
above 7080 for domestic QSO's, and above 7040 for DX.

It's a shame that these two great contests got scheduled for the same weekend. I
would have loved to enter both, but the January NAQP CW has got to be the
"funnest" contest of the year, so that's where I'll be.


Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ


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