[RTTY] Field Day RTTY

[k0bx at arrl.net]

I have been very active on rtty since 1975.  While I do not want to sound negative, there are two problems with a full-time rtty station.
1.  You take away from the 20 meter station.  After all, most rtty is on 20 meters and that is a bread and butter band for ssb/cw.

2.  There just isn't enough rtty stations to make it worth while.  I did manage to work 225 stations one year.

I suggest not to leave you 2A category but rather use rtty as a demonstration mode.  Announce it to your group the time your are going to operate rtty and show it to those who are interested. 

I usually check/call CQ at the top of the hour on 14085.00.  My radio club thinks FD is a contest and is always concern about losing point while the rtty station is operating.

Joe K0BX

Stop the insanity!

Please do not add me to any distribution lists (Joke, Stories or Junk) without my permission.

--- On Thu, 4/8/10, Philip Leonard WVØT <leolists at seidkr.com> wrote:

From: Philip Leonard WVØT <leolists at seidkr.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Field Day RTTY
To: "rtty at contesting.com >> RTTY" <RTTY at contesting.com>
Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 6:04 AM

Our group will be running RTTY during Field Day this year.

Philip