[RTTY] RTTY on 160 Meters

Mon Feb 27 14:19:55 EST 2006

It may not be as hard as you think to maintain a good QSO count on 160M.  There are probably a lot of people out there that have few if any RTTY contacts on this band and would like to get some in the log and the QSL album.

Bob
KE4QOK

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> From: "Thomas Giella KN4LF" <flcyclone at tampabay.rr.com>
> Date: 2006/02/27 Mon PM 12:32:46 EST
> To: "a RTTY COL eList" <rtty at contesting.com>
> Subject: [RTTY] RTTY on 160 Meters
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> I've been encouraging digital modes operation for about four years including RTTY between 1800-1810 kc, the segment that the ARRL recommends in it's voluntary band plan. There is a fair amount of PSK31 and OLIVIA MFSK in that range and also around 1837-1840 kc from Europe and Africa. 
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> I've also tried to get more RTTY contests to include 160 meters but it's been to no avail. So yes any kind of reasonable QSO rate on 160 meters would be near impossible. I've only managed six RTTY QSO's on 160 meters in the past four years!!!
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> Also intentional QRM by a few CW only on 160 LIDS is also a big problem as I've mentioned in the past and I say that as a big CW op myself. CW ops only want CW between 1800-1840 kc and have even been pushing for CW only between 1800-1900 kc!!! 
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> As I've also already mentioned very recently the W1AW CW bulletin broadcasts have been pressured to QSY off of 1817.500 kc by selfish CW ops and unfortunately W1AW has decided to park right on top of the digital modes calling frequency of 1807.500 kc. The selfishness and intolerance of some of my fellow CW ops is just incredible.
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> It never occurred to me listen for PSK or RTTY in that portion of the band.
> The few RTTY or PSK signals I have heard are between 1.807 to 1.810 MHz
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> The OPEN UKRAINE RTTY CHAMPIONSHIP'2006 is the first RTTY contest I have
> seen that has 160 category.  "..... The CONTEST consist of 2(two) parts: LOW
> BAND (1,8 & 3,5 MHz) and HIGH BAND (7, 14, 21 & 28 MHz)."
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> Something tells me it will be hard to maintain a high (or any) QSO rate on
> 160
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> --... ...--,
> Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF
> Lakeland, FL, USA
> Grid Square EL97AW
> kn4lf at arrl.net
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> KN4LF Amateur & SWL Radio History: http://www.kn4lf.com
> KN4LF 160 Meter Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm
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