[RTTY] Viability

[Ed Muns]

Hi, Thom.

RTTY is just as viable as CW at 5-10 watts if you have a good decoder
configured properly.  When people get frustrated with QRP it is usually
because the 5-10 watts is coupled into a crummy antenna system.  That
combination can be very challenging in any mode.

Ed W0YK
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Thom KI8W wrote:

So where I live, I have a lot of neighbors...really close neighbors.  I 
need to keep them happy.  I have permission from the powers that be to 
put up some antennas.


So I ask, how viable is RTTY at "QRP" power levels?   I am talking about 
a max of about 10 watts.  I want to do general rag chewing and a little 
contesting.