[RTTY] More on 60 meters

[Jay WS7I]

This is all pretty easy. 5 Mhz is for Emcomm use and not for much else.  
Thus Pactor 3 which is what they use in vast quanities.

You can use SSB if you want to talk to your EOC or something.

Otherwise get a MARS license and use it for Emcomm.




On 3/17/2012 9:12 PM, Charles Morrison wrote:
> Not that I've ever used 60M, but the part that confuses me is that RTTY is
> too wide of a signal for the channels, yet somewhere along the lines Pactor
> 3 with its potential to be the widest of them all, has somehow managed to
> narrow its signal to that of PSK and CW?  I understand the no automation,
> but let a Pactor3 station send a binary, and that signal will be much larger
> than any 170hz shifted Rtty, right?
>
> This of course doesn't take into account the potential for the Double Wide
> Banders that will no doubt do everything in their capabilities to maintain a
> nice "narrow" signal.
>
> SCS.... Behringer....anyone?
>
> Charlie
> Ki5xp
>
>
>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:56:32 -0700
>> From: Jay WS7I<ws7ik7tj at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [RTTY] More on 60 meters
>> To: rtty at contesting.com
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>> The really good news is that the ARRL is putting out the info that lets
>> it be useful to all US hams.
>>
>> On 3/15/2012 12:47 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
>>> The ARRL has cleared up some of the confusion regarding the new
>>> allocations for 60 meters.
>>>
>>> Details here:  http://www.arrl.org/news/60-meters-one-week-later
>>>
>>> It looks like even narrowband RTTY is still not allowed. Sigh.
>>>
>>> 73, Bill W6WRT
>>>
>>>