[RTTY] Rtty contest when Cw contest is on also

[k0xu at iowadsl.net]

I have had problems on 80 lately with intentional CW QRM. I do listen, I do send
QRLs. But this guy just would not quit, so I moved up the band a ways and he
followed me there. Never did ID, just sent CQs  , etc. I finally moved way up
the band, but when I was S&P later I heard him on top of someone else. The lids
are not limited to any one mode of operation, age group, license class, or
length of time licensed. They are just a fact of life. With the recent squeeze
put on us on 80, we are going to have to learn to get along with one another.
Weekends with both RTTY & CW tests will be a challenge.

Quoting Mike K9MI <k9mi at sbcglobal.net>:

> I have a friend who is an avvid cw contester, and he operates in the low
> power class. He's upset over the recent band changes on 80 meters that
> squeezes us altogether, I think like a lot of us our. His opinion of Rtty
> contesters is that we don't listen, and he doesn't see any skill in it and
> that we are just like people in an internet chat room. He said there are way
> too many Rtty contests now because anybody with a pc and a sound card can
> get on.
>
> I try to express the fact that there is a lot more to it then that, and due
> to tight filtering, maybe we do transmit on top of them sometimes due to the
> tight filtering and try to assure him that must be the problem. and Rtty
> contesters aren't going to intentionally going to interfere with him or any
> other cw operator. I work some of the cw contest, but I'll have to admit
> that 30 wpm cw is tough for me. I can't do voice contest very well anymore
> due to a 3 year voice problem that the doctors have pretty much gave up on,
> so I have joined the ranks of Rtty contesting also. I'm not all that great
> at it either, but I do what I can.
>
> Is his opinion of Rtty contesters common, or does he just not understand
> that there is indeed a lot more to Rtty Contesting then just reading it off
> a screen? I don't ever see him changing his mind, so should I just bite my
> tongue and let it go in one ear and out the other?
>
> 73, Mike K9MI
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