[RTTY] 160m in RTTY Contests

[Jim W7RY]

Contests on 12 and 17 meters? Which contests are those? I'm not aware of 
them.

73
Jim W7RY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Sussman" <psussman at pactor.com>
To: <w0yk at msn.com>
Cc: <topband at contesting.com>; "'RTTY Reflector'" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] 160m in RTTY Contests


> Personally .. not being a frantic contester, I'd prefer an area to
> escape contesting and rag chew. Even now, contesters often invade
> 17m and 12m which makes one wonder about who reads the rules anyway.
>
> By convention 160m has been off limits. The aspect of a dedicated
> window might sound good, but then again who stays in the window?
> If contesting desends on 160m it would be one less place to flee.
>
> Just my thought.
>
> 73 de Phil - N8PS
>
> ---------------
>
> Quoting Ed Muns <w0yk at msn.com>:
>
>> Most (all?) RTTY contests prohibit operation on 160 meters.  Yet, a 
>> number
>> of RTTY contesters have asked that it be added.  I'd like to hear your
>> thoughts on this topic, pro and con.  In particular, I'm thinking about 
>> the
>> CQ WPX RTTY and CQ WW RTTY contests.
>>
>> Ed - W0YK
>> CQ RTTY Contest Director
>>
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