[RTTY] Pactor QRM To The Other Digital Modes

[Thomas F. Giella W4HM]

Yesterday evening I was on 20 meters working a DX station on RTTY. The 
frequency was 14082.000 kHz and a PACTOR station came on frequency and wiped 
out the QSO.

Mark N8HOU you can try to gloss over the not listening before transmitting 
PACTOR QRM issue but this will only happen more not less if RM-11708 becomes 
a reality.

I've been operating the digital modes since 2003 and RTTY contesting since
2006 and I've had 100's of QSO's destroyed by PACTOR stations that didn't
listen before transmitting on top of my QSO. Listening before transmitting
is one of the most basic tenets of operating going back to the beginning of
hamateur radio.

So I have no doubt that RM-11708 will destroy virtually all digital mode
QSO's if allowed to pass. PACTOR operators are some of the most rude and
most selfish of all hamateur operators.


73 & GUD DX,
Thomas F. Giella W4HM
Lakeland, FL, USA
thomasfgiella at gmail.com