[RTTY] Band Plan and RTTY contesting

[J.G.Castellano]

Excellent point, I can see some value for beacons in bands that are closed
many hours a day, i.e. 12m and higher frequencies but on 20m... come on give
me a break.

73,
Julio VE3FH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vladimir Sidorov" <vs_otw at rogers.com>
Cc: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 13:54
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Band Plan and RTTY contesting


> Gents,
>
> I'd ask for your indulgence 'cos I gonna make a move against the official
> beacons' policy headline...
>
> The beacon network has been built in order to watch eventual band openings
> for various parts of the world. It is of great help for bands like 12, 10
or
> 6 m, for example. 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? Who needs to try to catch an African beacon if an African station
> keeps a good run of EU and NA stations just a kc off, or even (forgive
her)
> right on the beacon freq?
>
> If there is a choice between policy and sanity, I for one would better go
> for sanity. I like to keep a receiver on a beacon frequencies. If a beacon
> is heard, it's a good sign to tune around the band or call CQ. But if
> somebody else's activity is heard on the band instead, I'll make my own
> judgement on the prop without checking out the beacons.
>
> Sorry, could not resist.
>
> 73,
>
> Vladimir VE3IAE
>
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