[RTTY] N8S

[J. Edward (Ed) Muns]

K6SRZ, at N8S, verified that there is a separate Digital camp with a Pro3
and a 7000 plus their own set of antennas for 10-40, including WARC plus 6
and 2 meters.  So, perhaps there is CW being operated from the Digital camp
on occasion or maybe there are not enough ops to keep the Digital stations
active 24x7.  Or, maybe ... something else going on.  There may be 60 meter
operation from this camp because Alan also reported that a 60 meter antenna
was being installed there yesterday.

73,
Ed - W0YK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of J. Edward (Ed) Muns
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 April, 2007 11:26
> To: 'RTTY'
> Subject: [RTTY] N8S
> 
> I suspect there are some important factors down at N8S that 
> are affecting the RTTY operation which many of us are not 
> privy to.  For example, the N8S web site shows three 
> physically separate locations for CW, Phone and RTTY.
> This implies a dedicated set of radios and antennas for RTTY, 
> but that may not be the actual case.  Yesterday when the RTTY 
> station on 17 meters was CQing for long periods of time with 
> no answers, I asked about 12 meters.
> The reply was that the antenna was being used on 20 meter CW. 
>  While that explanation wasn't clear to me, it did indicate 
> that antenna sharing was going on and RTTY is probably lower 
> priority than CW.  But even if my inference is wrong, it is 
> safe to say that there are valid reasons for the various 
> band-modes on the air at a given time.  The fact is that N8S 
> has had an impressive number of band-modes on the air 
> simultaneously since they landed.  80K+ QSOs is hard to 
> complain about, unless of course, you are unfortunately 
> cursed with poor, or no, propagation to Swains Island at the 
> times you can get on the air.
> 
> 73,
> Ed - W0YK
> 
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