RTTY QRM (was: RE: [SECC] Re:JARTS)

[ku8e at bellsouth.net]

  I think the RTTY contests disrupt the bands more than a CW contest, especially on 40 meters becuase people are operating RTTY as low as 7025.
I can remember several times during the CW Sprint that this has happened.

 I think it would be safe to say that most CW contesters never operate up by the suggested RTTY frequencies of .080 and above on each band.

BTW.. I have nothing against RTTY... I have listened and might even try it sometime... it's just a pain when you are trying to work someone in a state
QSO party and the band is full of RTTY signals...

                                     Jeff




> 
> From: "Matt Lee, K4AQ" <Matt at HiWAAY.net>
> Date: 2004/10/18 Mon PM 04:34:10 EDT
> To: "'SECC'" <secc at contesting.com>
> Subject: RTTY QRM (was: RE: [SECC] Re:JARTS)
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: secc-bounces at contesting.com 
> > [mailto:secc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of ku8e at bellsouth.net
> > Sent: Monday, 18 October, 2004 09:34
> > To: SECC
> > Subject: Re: [SECC] Re:JARTS
> > 
> > 
> > Is there a RTTY contest every weekend !!! 
> 
> ...or a CW contest every weekend?
> 
> > It sure seems like it lately.
> 
> Wish there were even more, hi.
> 
> BTW, quite a few (well-known) contesters have tried RTTY contesting
> lately for the first time and are liking it.
> 
> > I sure would be nice if the activity didn't stray below 050 
> > or so. There were
> > stations at 030 on Friday night limiting the operating space 
> > for any CW contests that were going on....
> 
> That would be ideal but not practical under the present rules.
> 
> For example, what about the QRO stns that QRM the "QRP freqs?" I don't
> hear the QRP'ers making an issue of that.
> 
> Or the CW stns who move into the "digital bands (more than just RTTY)"
> in major contests? I have seen digital stns comment about the QRM among
> themselves but not in an open forum.
> 
> Before I began contesting for the first time less than three years ago,
> I was actively involved with public service communications, e.g., ARES,
> NTS, MARS, CAP (including the "old" Civil Defense during high school). I
> planned my weekend on-the-air activities with QST Contest Corral. If a
> major CW contest was scheduled, I operated SSB...and vice versa...that
> weekend. 
> 
> If the contest activity was too much for me to handle, I did something
> else. Now, with the WARC bands, I could go there if I wanted to avoid
> the contest QRM. Isn't that neat?
> 
> <snipped>
> 
> --
> Matt Lee, K4AQ
> Atlanta, GA USA
> <K4AQ at arrl.net>
> 
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