[RTTY] 160

[Bill, W6WRT]

Given what you say below, what is all the fuss about? 

For me, it is an opportunity to pick up a few new states on 160 RTTY.
Winning the contest is not an issue. I'll leave that to others.
Anything wrong with that?

73, Bill W6WRT


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On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:42:20 -0500, Bill Tippett
<btippett at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

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>W6WRT:
> >160 meters is never crowded, even during major contests.
>
>then,
> >I'll bet it is mostly empty outside the bottom 50 or so kHz.
>
>         Back-peddling alert!  :-) After K1MK's comment that
>160 operation is nothing new in TARA since 2006, I looked
>up last year's top category scores claimed on 3830:
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>W4ZE -  782 Qs total, 0 on 160 (MS-HP)
>K4GMH - 750 Qs total, 0 on 160 (SO-HP)
>VY2SS - 431 Qs total, 0 on 160 (SO-LP)
>
>To repeat K1MK's quote (from K5ZD about SS I recall):
>
>"If you're on 160, then you're losing the contest."  To do
>so during a major 160 contest is even more ludicrous.  I'll
>be anxiously awaiting some big 160 totals from W6WRT in TARA.
>;-)
>
>                                         73,  Bill  W4ZV
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