[RTTY] RTTY Interference to Hurricane Rita Ops

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

John, 

Slow down a minute ... anybody that tries to ride a bicycle on 
an interstate and then complains about the semi-tractors running 
him down has a problem.  That's exactly what this guy is doing. 

I listened to 7050 early yesterday evening and the strong 
stations were the Europeans and South Americans.  There were 
relatively few "big signal" US stations around 7050.  

Part of emergency preparedness is planning - for a Michigan CW
net to expect a 10 KHz wide "clear channel" in the middle of 
the Region 1/3 "RTTY Window" in the middle of an international 
RTTY contest is the absolute height of arrogance.  A local or 
regional net could certainly operate between 7090 and 7150 
without any compromise.  

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Fleming
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 10:43 AM
> To: g.m.mcadams at comcast.net; rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY Interference to Hurricane Rita Ops
> 
> 
> > BTW, I did not CC this fellow, as it would be a waste of 
> time trying to 
> > convince him to see a wider view of the world.
> 
> Actually, it would have been courteous to CC him since he's 
> not on the 
> reflector and you are disparaging him and his organizations publicly.
> 
> Gary, are you saying that your view that one portion of a 
> RTTY contest has 
> priority over established emergency communications nets 
> represents a "wider 
> view of the world"?
> 
> > 4. They have forgotten that our FCC will have little or no 
> influence on an 
> > international contest.
> 
> I would think that our FCC could have considerable effect on 
> US stations 
> interfering with emergency communications.
> 
> I agree that the emergency operators should have a backup 
> plan for QRM 
> conditions due to WX etc, but it's sad to think they need a 
> backup plan for 
> QRM due to some hams who think their fun should have priority 
> over emergency 
> operations.
> 
> Not to minimize his damages in any way, Don was very 
> fortunate.  Gary, I 
> suspect you would feel differently if the emergency nets were 
> trying to help 
> YOU.  Apparently it's all about us these days.
> 
> 73 - John, WA9ALS
> 
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