[RTTY] JA RTTY on 80 during the CQWW

[Lee Sawkins]

Hi Jeff 

I made a handful of contacts with JA on 80. The activity by JA on 80 was very poor every though propagation was good. I only had 2 answer my CQs. These were on 3599.5. I also worked a couple between 3570 and 3575 and another few around 3530. I also was called by a couple of UA0s and YB1AR, so propagation was definitely not the problem. Just lack of activity. 

73 Lee VE7CC 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Jeff Stai" <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com> 
To: "REFL-RTTY" <RTTY at contesting.com>, "7L4IOU" <ncb02761 at nifty.com> 
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 9:31:20 PM 
Subject: [RTTY] JA RTTY on 80 during the CQWW 

Effective this year JA RTTY ops may operate between 3520 and 3575 KHz. It 
used to be 3520-3530KHz. (They can also operate a range above 3599 but 
squeezing into that 1KHz sliver for US ops seems like a bad approach...?) 

This year I tried running at 3574 with just a handful of contacts, though 
at least I got JA in the log on 80 for the mults. The idea being I would 
still be close enough to the 3580 range to get other S&P. 

Later, I am wondering if that was a bad choice since JA antennas might 
still be tuned for the lower end. 

I'm just wondering if anyone tried a different approach with any degree of 
success. 

73 jeff wk6i 

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