[RTTY] Lack of RTTY on 40 and 80 Meters

[Bill Turner]

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On 3/25/2014 9:45 AM, Tom Osborne wrote:
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> I'd have to disagree on that one.  If someone wants to get an antenna 
> for 160, they can do it.  I have seen designs for 160 antennas that 
> are only 33 feet tall.  One was in NCJ not too long ago using one of 
> those 33 foot telescoping fiberglass masts.. 

REPLY:

Yes, one can put up something that will radiate,but I think it will be 
less than satisfactory and one's interest in 160 will fade pretty fast. 
160 is a difficult band even with good antennas (full size dipole) but 
it does have a certain charm of its own.

Here I have a full size inverted vee with the apex at 70 feet. Works 
pretty well, but it's not a four-square or Beverage and i hear other 
California stations working DX I can't even hear. I've never even heard 
a European for example, but I have fun anyway. I do think however, that 
if I had only a shorty vertical with skimpy radials I would have given 
it up long ago.

To each his own.

73, Bill W6WRT