[RTTY] Band Plan and RTTY contesting

[J.G.Castellano]

Sorry but that is not a valid argument, with that line of reasoning they can
argue that they can't afford narrow filters to copy CW and we have to stay
clear 4 or 5kHz on each side.

A few months ago someone has the brilliant idea to put his own personal
beacon on 14102 (I am not sure of the exact frequency but it was around
that), do we have to stay clear of this beacon too? This one is not on 24
hours and I clearly remember during a contest an European station had been
running on that freq for a while and all of a sudden this jerk turns on his
beacon on top.

73,
Julio VE3FH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat at copper.net>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Cc: <vs_otw at rogers.com>
Sent: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 18:37
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Band Plan and RTTY contesting


> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> 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?
>
> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
>
> 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
>