[RTTY] Topband: 160m in RTTY Contests

[Jim W7RY]

Agreed and well said Robert!

73
Jim W7RY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Chudek - K0RC" <k0rc at citlink.net>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Topband: 160m in RTTY Contests


>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
>
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