[RTTY] RTTY is getting lower and lower in frequency on 20 meters.

[Bill Turner]

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On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:42:27 -0500, "Doug Hall" <k4dsp.doug at gmail.com>
 wrote:

>Bill, you paint with a broad brush. Many of us who enjoy PSK31 *do*
>sometimes run with wide bandwidths, but we understand AGC and dynamic
>range as well as you do, thank you very much. And we're not whining.

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Well, SOMEBODY out there is whining! I guarantee you if anyone fires
up with 1500 watts of RTTY on 14071, the complaints will be loud and
clear, and that's a direct result of excessive RX bandwidth. PSK31 has
such an exquisitely narrow bandwidth requirement that it pains me to
see receivers as broad as the proverbial barn door. :-)

I'm encouraged that some of the PSK folks understand the benefits of
narrow RX bandwidth, but way too many don't.

I try to be a good guy so I never do RTTY between 14070-14075, even in
contests, but it's a shame that I and others are denied a useful part
of the spectrum by others who are not "bandwidth-wise". 

73, Bill W6WRT