[SECC] Notes on 40 and SAC

[Dan/W4NTI]

Be glad to.....who where they?  Did they ID?  And how far into the usual 
CW band were you? It is indeed a two way street.
40 is way too crowded.  There is really more room on 30 meters for 
digital,  but no one seems interested in using it.  And I'm not just 
talking of contesting.

Bottom line.  The RTTY crowd has defacto taken over what used to be CW 
territory.  And folks just flat don't like it. 

Dan/W4NTI


Fred Dennin wrote:
> Dan,
>
> As you indicated, there are those of us that "don't do this kind of 
> thing". The same thing applies to hams in every mode.  Do me a favor 
> and talk to the CW ops that QRMed me for extended periods of time this 
> weekend after I'd been on the same freq for hours.  No need to paint 
> everyone with the same brush as it's this simple, there are good ops 
> and bad ops in every mode.
>
> 73'......Fred WW4LL
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan/W4NTI" <w4nti at mindspring.com>
> To: "David Thompson" <thompson at mindspring.com>
> Cc: "SECC" <secc at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 10:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [SECC] Notes on 40 and SAC
>
>
>> I listened and heard one OH trying on 40 SSB but every time he moved 
>> another
>> RTTY came right on his frequency.  He was soon back on 20 but weak with
>> flutter.
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>> Exact same thing happened to me SEVERAL times as I tried to work the 
>> Texas QSO Party.
>>
>> Anyone need any further proof that the RTTY crowd is not what one would
>> call friendly contesters?  Those of you that don't do this sort of
>> thing..   NEED to talk to those that do to KNOCK IT OFF.
>>
>> Guess I need to keep my MMTTY program up and running whenever I do 40 CW
>> from now on, eh?
>>
>> Dan/W4NTI
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>> David Thompson wrote:
>>> I got in very late (0130Z) and worked two stations on 20 SSB in the SAC
>>> contest.  One told me to forget 40 as they tried that from 2300Z on 
>>> and the
>>> RTTY contest covered the entire band from 7020 to 7085.
>>>
>>> I listened and heard one OH trying on 40 SSB but every time he moved 
>>> another
>>> RTTY came right on his frequency.  He was soon back on 20 but weak with
>>> flutter.    I listened and did hear a EA3 who was breaking thru the 
>>> RTTY but
>>> not another OH or LA station.  Guess they don't have 7100 to 7200 as 
>>> DL. G,
>>> HB, 4X, and 9A stations do.
>>>
>>> 75 was noisy but I did hear the OH8 below 3700 working Europe.  A W1 
>>> told me
>>> an SM6 was up at 0030Z on 3790 but he never came up again.
>>>
>>> Guess 20 was the band but I missed most of the opening due to the 
>>> family
>>> matters.  Too bad as several years ago I logged over 50 stations in 
>>> about 3
>>> hours on 20.
>>>
>>> Dave K4JRB   Sending a check log!
>>>
>>>
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