[RTTY] Why are VP5, C6 and EI difficult to work on RTTY?

[Kok Chen]

On Mar 11, 2010, at 10:39 PM, Tim Goeppinger wrote:

> I have been on RTTY for almost 4 years now, and worked thousands of RTTY QSO's mainly in contests.  I have noticed that 3 countries that are common in other modes, but are rare on RTTY:  VP5, C6 and EI.  

Pity.  If you had operated for just a little longer, you would have found VP5JM on during almost every major RTTY contest.  My most recent contact with Jody was in March 2005 during TARA.  And yes, she rents out the shack and antennas (http://www.vp5jm.com/).

The more recent RTTY ops also misses out on easy contacts with TY1PS and HH2PK, among others.  Peter moved on to other Digital modes, but there was a big TY DXpedition within the last 10 years that operated from Peter's house, if memory serves.  Patrick was at one time not just active with RTTY but CW and SSB contests too.  I believe Patrick has left Haiti.

73
Chen, W7AY