[RTTY] 160

[Bill Tippett]

KR1ST:
 >Completely neutral and without bias. Right!

         It was.  But that's really missing the point.  The
main point is that ARRL 160 is a very popular contest.  Last
year there were 1197 logs submitted and it appears TARA had
maybe 200, which were spread over 5 bands.  The top ARRL scores
had >1900 QSOs.  1900 participants spread from 1800-1870 kHz
means you have an extremely crowded band.  S9+++ signals are
CQ-ing every few hundred Hz.  It always humors me when I see
someone say 160 is lightly loaded in the ARRL 160.  That might
be true in W6 but it certainly isn't the case elsewhere in the
USA, and I actually doubt it's true for W6s with good antennas
since several W6s made >1000 QSOs last year.

         I have little concern about TARA interfering with the
ARRL 160, however the reverse may be an entirely different case.
Please feel free to have at it...but don't say you weren't
warned.  :-)

                                         73,  Bill  W4ZV