[RTTY] 160 meter RTTY contest

[Barry]

I was one of those people.  I'm not very active these days, but still 
alive :.)
160 is a miserable, noisy band.  If you like listening to static 
crashes, great.  However, a RTTY decoder is going to have a very tough 
time making any sense of all but the strongest signals.
73,
Barry W2UP

Inbody, Don wrote:
> I remember this discussion a couple of years ago.  Some of the "old
> hands" sent me some flamers telling me that 160m was a lousy place for a
> RTTY contest.  Wonder what has changed.  I had better go pull out the SK
> list.
>
> 73, Don AD0K
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Bill Turner
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 16:03
> To: rtty list 
> Subject: [RTTY] 160 meter RTTY contest
>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:34:11 -0700, IronmanY2k
> <IronmanY2K at triathlete.com> wrote:
>
> (from another thread)
>
>   
>> The only RTTY contest that I know of that supports 160 meters is the
>>     
> TARA RTTY Melee which is on Dec 1.   This date is right in the middle of
> the ARRL 160 meter CW contest. 
>
> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
>
> I too would like to see a 160 meter RTTY contest. I would suggest it
> use an already existing contest as a format, so no new contest
> software would have to be written. I like the Makrothen because
> scoring is based on distance between grid squares, but another contest
> might have some other advantages.
>
> Is there a club willing to take on the sponsorship? I will volunteer
> to help out in any way needed.
>
> Bill W6WRT
>
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Barry Kutner, W2UP             Newtown, PA