[RTTY] FREQUENCY IN USE BY ... (JT65/JT9)

[Tom Haavisto]

 >  Speaking of "whatever happened to ..." ... is there a good digital
  > band-plan?  I tend not to use the one from the ARRL as it is often
  > out-of-date and/or optimistic.  ;-)


One thing to keep in mind about band plans is that they are designed for
NORMAL band loading.  Day to day activity so folks who have a particular
interest can find each other.  During a contest, that idea does not work
well.  Consider that there may be a few dozen folks on RTTY any given day
during "normal" operations, then a contest comes along like the RU, and
thousands of folks show up.  Operations expand up and down the band to
accommodate the extra activity for the duration of the contest, and we are
still able to find folks to work.  When the contest is over, things get
back to normal.

Tom - VE3CX



On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Peter Laws <plaws at plaws.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Stanley Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > modes. Thankfully, everyone continues to respect the PSK31 folks, but
> the JT65 people, with their one frequency, are now the enemy? Whatever
> happened to the DX Code of Conduct? Or is getting that last few points more
> important than "Respecting my fellow hams and conducting myself
>
> I "respect" the PSK31 folks because I can see their traces and hear
> them if I listen closely (wasn't always the case for me!  Not RFI
> after all!).  Likewise for that calliope mode (MFSK?).  That actually
> looks kind of cool on the waterfall and if I ever get my RF-on-audio
> issues fixed with my DigiKeyer, I should probably try it.
>
> It's impossible, in many cases, to do the same with Joe Taylor's stuff
> (something else I want to try!).  I wouldn't know where they hang out
> ... and if I was at that spot, didn't hear anything, and sent QRL?
> several times with no reply, I would not be violating any codes that I
> know of.
>
> Speaking of "whatever happened to ..." ... is there a good digital
> band-plan?  I tend not to use the one from the ARRL as it is often
> out-of-date and/or optimistic.  ;-)
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