[RTTY] Lack of RTTY on 40 and 80 Meters

[Jay WS7I]

Well stated Don, and also a lot depends where you live.  I have been 
working on my Single Band 40 totals to get a DXCC and as I work mostly 
RTTY I find that there is quite a lot on the long paths and in the late 
morning when we have a nice path a couple of hours after our sunrise to 
Asia.  Knocking 'em off slowly.

On 3/24/2014 1:55 PM, Don AA5AU wrote:
> As others have noted, there is much more RTTY activity during RTTY contests. There is also an increase in RTTY activity on 40 and 80 meters during the low years of the sunspot cycle when 10M is completely dead and 15M is very poor. We take working EU from the USA on 15 meters for granted when in a few more years, most of us will not have this path at all. However, we will be able to work EU on 40 and even 80 meters.
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> 73, Don AA5AU
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>> From: David Tanks <ad4tj at yahoo.com>
>> To: "RTTY at contesting.com" <RTTY at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 11:23 AM
>> Subject: [RTTY] Lack of RTTY on 40 and 80 Meters
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>> Maybe I missed something, but could someone tell me why there is almost zero RTTY on 40, and very little on 80? I can only find activity on bands above 40.  Thanks in advance.
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>> 73, David AD4TJ
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