w4nti@mindspring.com <w4nti@mindspring.com>seccRe: [SECC] CQWW RTTY Results

[David Thompson]

With only 100 khz is tough.  Many in Europe have given the amateurs the
right to the whole band (up to 7200).  9A is one.

The suggestion is that RTTY go to 7100 to 7120 but lately the Spanish SSB
stations have moved in as the digital between 7080 and 7100 have made that
part of the band impossible.

I expect for the CQ WW SSB that Dx stations will be down to 7020 or lower
and well above 7100.

Its a long way away(to 2009) but maybe 7000 to 7050 be CW, 7051 to 7100 RTTY
and digital, and 7100 to 7150 be DX SSB with 7080 to 7100 shared.

73 Dave K4JRB
>
> On Sep 26, 2004, at 9:01 PM, Daniel Jeswald wrote:
>
> > Why does RTTY advocates think it is alright, cool or whatever to run
> > that
> > mode ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM END OF FORTY METERS?  I am really
> > getting sick and tired of it.
>
> The problem with 40m, especially in Region 1, is THERE IS NO ROOM!
>
> The band is only 100 kHz. The top half or so is phone, leaving only 50
> kHz for all digital modes and CW. During a RTTY contest, that's
> probably not enough space.
>
> Things will get better in about 5 years when the band doubles in size.
>
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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