[RTTY] RTTY Interference to Hurricane Rita Ops

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Sure, I feel sorry for the "net" ... but this is an INTERNATIONAL 
EVENT on a band with worldwide propagation.  I've listened around 
their private frequency and 90% of the strong signals were European, 
Canadian and South American stations working other EU, VE and SA 
stations.  I seriously doubt that most of the DX stations causing 
the QRM even notice the CW net.  

There is absolutely nothing that an FCC declaration would do to 
reduce the QRM and it would only anger those in the rest of the 
world to find that US stations had effectively been prohibited 
from operating on 40 during the contest. 

This is just one more example of some self-important American 
deciding that the rest of the world doesn't matter ... that he 
will try to force American "rules" on everybody even though 
the American rules are the ones that are out of step with the 
rest of the world.  

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 3:32 PM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY Interference to Hurricane Rita Ops
> 
> 
> ****************************************************
> ** Both sides of this discussion have some merit. **
> ****************************************************
> 
> > I have no sympathy for fools lacking an ounce of common sense.
> > To demand that the whole world give them a QRM free frequency
> > ten times wider than they need just adds to the legend of the
> > "Ugly American."
> 
> However, isn't it pretty "ugly" to have the attitude "I don't 
> care if you're 
> trying to locate Bill's granddaughter, I need Nevada for a 
> mult!"  Misguided 
> frequency choice and other planning of the nets don't give 
> contesters the 
> right to simply overwhelm them and call them "fools".
> 
> I'll admit that I've been RTTY contesting in that segment in 
> past years and 
> heard some CW.  Did I listen carefully to hear what they were 
> doing or just 
> answer the "CQ Test" and figure the CW guys "should have 
> known better than 
> to be there during an international RTTY contest?  You 
> probably know the 
> answer to that.
> 
> Hopefully most RTTY hams didn't know they were causing 
> interference.  If 
> someone did know what the CW ops were doing and left their 
> auto-CQ/KW going, 
> I think that's wrong.
> 
> ;-)   73 - John, WA9ALS
> 
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