[TenTec] Contesting Now On 17 Meters?

[Ronf404 via TenTec]

I haven't heard them well enough to work them yet, but I've been trying. 

Ron, KX1W

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> On Nov 4, 2014, at 23:25, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/4/2014 8:08 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
>> I do know of many ACCUSATIONS of contests, primarily from people who mistake
>> DXpeditions for contests -- and/or people who don't like either, for reasons
>> that have nothing to do with Ten-Tec.
> 
> Yes. Right now, there's a French DXpedition on Tromelin Island (VERY remote, near Madisgascar), a country that is VERY rare. Their location (roughly halfway around he world from California) makes 17M and 20M the best place to work them. I just worked them on 17M SSB and 30M CW, a new country for me.
> 
> One thing that makes it sound like a contest is that they are not at all good at controlling their pileups, allowing them to consume as much as 20-30 kHz on CW and RTTY. 5-15 kHz is more typical on CW and RTTY. OTOH, their pileup was only 10 kHz wide on 17M SSB. They are 11,000 miles from me, so quite difficult to work.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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