[RTTY] Roundup observations - a bit long!

[Stanley Zawrotny]

Do you think the difference is that it is the AMERICAN Radio Relay League RTTY Roundup vs CQ's Worldwide contests? The perception by DX stations being that it is a US contest, rather than a WW contest?

Stan, K4SBZ

"Real radio bounces off the sky."

> On Jan 7, 2014, at 2:19 PM, K1FWE <k1fwe at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> Stan:
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> IMHO, Its not just this last session. Like Don, I've noticed it every time I get into the RU, which I admit has not been that often in recent years. Its a major RTTY contest but DX participation from my perspective is down for RU when compared to others like CQWW RTTY contests where there's lots of DX. One could simply prove or disprove this theory by comparing the numbers of DX entries across the major RTTY contests.
> 
> 73,
> John
> NN1SS
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Stanley Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Jan 7, 2014 9:26 AM
>> To: John Webster <k1fwe at earthlink.net>
>> Cc: "<rtty at contesting.com>" <rtty at contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Roundup observations - a bit long!
>> 
>> The lack of DX can be explained by the propagation reports for Saturday and Sunday. They were exceptionally poor.
>> 
>> Stan, K4SBZ
>> 
>> "Real radio bounces off the sky."
>> 
>>> On Jan 6, 2014, at 7:02 PM, "John Webster" <k1fwe at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>> "The overall appearance of a lack of DX in the Roundup still amazes me. If this had been WPX or CQWW, 10 and 15 meters would have
>>> been wall-to-wall Europe starting here at 1300Z and probably going well past 2000Z with the high flux we had. That doesn't happen in
>>> Roundup. Or least that doesn't happen here during Roundup."Don - I agree. Personally, I think the rules/awards don't give DX much incentive to get into this one nor do they give US stations muchincentive to work DX, particularly on 80 and 10. I usually can't do much in this contest due to its proximity to the holidays, but that's just me. This year was no exception.JohnNN1SS (ex K1FWE)
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