[RTTY] 2011 Roundup

[Steve AI9T]

I vote for change too!

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Steve AI9T

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On 11/10/2010 4:38 PM, Marty Bluhm wrote:
> This is an outstanding idea. Let's make it happen.
>
> 73
> Marty
> W8AKS
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of Dave Hachadorian
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 21:15
> To: Chris Plumblee; RTTY reflector
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] 2011 Roundup
>
>
> I think it would be an excellent idea to switch NAQP weekends so
> that SSB, rather than CW, coincides with the Roundup.
>
> The Roundup is a major DX contest, and there will be loud RTTY DX
> activity all the way down to 7025, and maybe even lower.  It
> would be an unbearable clash with NAQP CW.
>
> If they were all on separate weekends (which does not appear
> possible from the calendar) I would enter all three contests, but
> there appears to be no way to make that happen.
>
> I vote to make the switch.
>
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Plumblee
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 1:16 PM
> To: rtty at contesting.com ; Don Hill AA5AU
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] 2011 Roundup
>
> Just out of curiosity, what would the readership think about
> inquiring
> of WA7BNM as to the feasibility of switching the NAQP CW and NAQP
> SSB
> weekends in January to avoid this conflict? There is no RTTY
> contest
> on the WA7BNM contest calendar on the weekend of the NAQP SSB
> contest
> (two weeks later). A switch would remove 12 hours of pretty
> intensive
> CW operation for the weekend of the Roundup and replace it with
> SSB,
> which benefits Roundup operators and NAQP CW ops considerably.
>
> I suppose the two elements to balance in answering my question
> are
>
> 1. the potential for inter-modal interference between stations in
> the
> NAQP CW and RTTY Roundup, and
>
> 2. the overlap between RTTY Roundup and NAQP SSB.
>
> If the overlap between NAQP SSB and the Roundup for casual
> stations is
> minimal, it seems like a win-win. If the overlap is more
> considerable
> then a move would force a significant number of operators to
> choose
> between two excellent contests and seems like a not-so-good idea.
> The
> interference will be considerable if NAQP CW and RTTY Roundup
> remain
> on the same weekend, with less interference being suffered by ops
> in
> the RU as NAQP stations will all be running<150w.
>
> 73,
> Chris WF3C
>
>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:56:57 -0800 (PST)
>> From: Don AA5AU<aa5au at bellsouth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [RTTY] 2011 Roundup
>> To: 'RTTY'<rtty at contesting.com>
>> Message-ID:<826325.88397.qm at web180409.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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>>
>> The trick for us RTTY ops going to be to stay high in the band.
>> Biggest problems are going to be 20 and 40 meters.  USA RTTY
>> ops can go all the way to 7125 kHz now and we should start
>> utilizing that space.  Working DX on the low end of 40 is going
>> to be a problem though.  On 20 we can go all the way to 14150
>> kHz, which in major RTTY contests is already well populated.
>> On 80 we can't go above 3600 kHz anymore, so the high part of
>> that band may become more crowded than usual.  Hopefully 15
>> meters will be open, because we can go all the way up to 21200
>> kHz there.
>>
>> It's going to be an interesting combination.
>>
>> 73, Don AA5AU
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Steve AI9T

http://www.ai9t.com

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