[RTTY] CW interference!

[Charles Morrison]

Barry,

You're on the wrong reflector if you're looking for sympathy.  After all the
bellyaching by the CW ops following a RTTY contest and RTTY incursion into
"their" subbands, I agree with Phil's email.  I just didn't want to be the
first to say something.  

I know you're a RTTY operator as well, and you should have been equally
offended by similar comments made following the past RTTY contests.  The
WARC bands were open during the rtty contests as well, but the CW operators
crying foul didn't pay heed to similar suggestions then either.  This
doesn't even take into count the legal standings that RTTY operators outside
of the US had on where they could or couldn't operate on 40M.

The CW operators who cried about it need to be very careful of what glass
houses they choose to throw rocks in.  Sub-band incursion is a fact of a
contest, and the ARRL has commented on this in their white paper.
Regardless, neither has the right to interfere with the stations currently
using the particular frequency at that time, RTTY, PSK, DX Beacons, or CW.

Charlie
KI5XP
 

> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:57:30 +0000
> From: Barry <w2up at mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] CW interference!
> To: pcooper at guernsey.net, rtty List <rtty at contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <43FA2D3A.9090205 at mindspring.com>
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> I had some nutcase trying to chase me off 14070.  He kept 
> sending "PSK 
> window" in CW.  I thought it was pretty funny that a mode 
> with a 30 Hz 
> bandwidth needs to protect a "reserved" frequency like the 
> SSTVers do.  
> There was plenty of room on 17m for RTTY over the weekend, Phil.  3Y0 
> was there to keep you company...
> 73,
> Barry
> 
> Phil Cooper wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > How about we send emails of complaint to the various folk 
> concerned about
> > the band-plans over this past weekend!
> > CW all the way up to 14120, without ANY thought for us poor 
> folk trying to
> > enjoy RTTY!
> >
> > Wonder if anyone would listen to US????
> >
> > Just goes to show you have to live and let live!
> >
> > And I still didn't get 3Y0X in the log!
> >
> > Ah well, such is life!
> >
> > 73 de Phil GU0SUP
> >
> >
> >
> >   
> 
> -- 
> 
> Barry Kutner, W2UP             
> Newtown, PA                     
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