[RTTY] Band Plan and RTTY contesting

[Bill Turner]

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On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:54:25 -0500, "Vladimir Sidorov"
<vs_otw at rogers.com> wrote:

> But what is the reason to watch beacons if a band is 
>widely open and there already are numerous stations heard from all over the 
>world?

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Many beacon users do not have the ability to copy RTTY. Just because
the band is full of RTTY signals does not mean the band is open to a
specific part of the world. Those users need to be able to copy the
beacons without RTTY QRM.

73, Bill W6WRT