[RTTY] note against RTTY-contester

[Andrew J. O'Brien]

With a different attitude  the CW'ers , especially those involved in 
emergency traffic drills/nets, could make the QRMing from RTTY contesters 
into something fun and challenging.

I am a health care professional and serve on emergency preparedness 
committees. I explain to non-hams that one reason for ambulance/fire/police 
communications failures  during a disaster , is because the radio operators 
have fixed channel radio and/or do not know what to do when their bands are 
overloaded (front ends), desensed, and just plain overcrowded.  I explain , 
to the health care professionals, that hams do not have this problem because 
they have more frequencies/bands that they can switch too and know how to 
handle pile-ups/QRM, and desensing..

So, with this in mind, if the CW bands on 160,80,40,20,15,and 10, become 
full of RTTY signals for 48 hours , I would LOVE IT if I was a CW emergency 
net control.  It would allow me to simulate emergency conditions and 
practice sending/receiving code under severe QRM.  It would also allow me to 
test how responsive net members were to last minute changes in frequencies 
and bands and test people ability to switch to WARC bands .


So, the challenge to emegerency and traffic operators is to look forward to 
contest weekends and turn in in to a fun , but valuable, test of real radio 
skills.


Andy K3UK

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DJ3NG" <DJ3NG at rtty-contest-scene.com>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 3:24 PM
Subject: [RTTY] note against RTTY-contester


> Hi RTTY-Friends,
>
> just found in guestbook of RTTY-CONTEST-SCENE and in my mailbox:
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> One again you cantankerous RTTY pricks and asshole RTTY contest jerks,
> wiped out the whole 40 meter CW band - again.
>
> OR THE WHOLE GODDAMNED WEEKEND TOO!
>
> What a bunch of fucking assholes! May you all get pined coax, jerks!
>
> Why don´t you fuckers share the band?
>
> Chip W7AIT
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> Without any comment.....
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> 73 de Sigi, DJ3NG
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