[RTTY] greater than 600 watts for RTTY?

[Jeff AC0C]

Maybe what's missing here is some measure of blackness.  I would argue to 
Joe that it's a lot blacker here in Kansas than in Ohio, and would concede 
that it's blacker in Ohio than in PA.

There's another issue that hits you with respect the further east you get, 
the polar region - the more south and east you are in the US, the more 
likely you are to stay far away from the polar region as well as having a 
better shot at a 1-hop path.

73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Joe Subich, W4TV
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 4:40 PM
To: rtty at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] greater than 600 watts for RTTY?


After operating from Central Ohio for many years, I can assure you
that Ohio is certainly in the midwest black hole.  It is nowhere
near the favored propagation enjoyed by the (north)east coast.

The only year I won anything (ARRL 160, 1982) the entire east coast
had a massive early winter thunderstorm and could not hear anything.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 3/27/2017 5:10 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> I operated from the Chicago area for decades. I can assure you that K3LR
> is nowhere near the midwest black hole.
>
> John KK9A
>
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] greater than 600 watts for RTTY?
> From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists at subich.com>
> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:45:26 -0400
> List-post: <rtty at contesting.com">mailto:rtty at contesting.com>
>
>
> Everyone keeps calling K3LR an "east coast" station.  Tim is far from
> the east coast.  His station is on the Ohio/Pennsylvania state line ...
> much more in the "black hole" category than in the favored Northeast
> coastal elite.
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
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