[RTTY] Topband: 160m in RTTY Contests

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

I am consistently amazed by the negative comments why a 160 meter RTTY 
contest would be a "bad thing". If we had only listened to the nay-sayers in 
the past we would still be using spark. In the early days, the entire MF and 
above radio spectrum was dismissed as a "wasteland" with no particular 
value. And since when has 160 meters been an exclusive use band for CW, or 
Phone, or bulletins, or rag-chewing?

Apparently the pioneering spirited, inquisitive minds, and experimenters 
have all died off with the generations of hams prior to us. A pity.

WAS on 160 meter RTTY is not impossible. It is a challenge. Working all 50 
states on 160 meters from a city lot is not impossible. It is a challenge. I 
did it on CW and I didn't even have a 160 meter antenna! There is absolutely 
no reason why it cannot be done on RTTY as well.

My original comments regarding adding 160 meter RTTY to the contest line up 
are still valid. But I will clarify that I believe an exclusive single band 
event would be the optimum "configuration" to add a new challenge for the 
RTTY community to enjoy.

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN