Topband: 160m in RTTY Contests

[Tod - ID]

 I would prefer that RTTY contesting not be initiated on 160m. 

I think all of the cogent reasons for me having that preference have already
been expressed by others. My general feeling is that it will not appreciably
add to the RTTY contesting experience to have contesting on 160 and there
may be precedents set that would be very difficult to reverse should we find
that some of the concerns that have been expressed by other commenters are
realized.


Tod, KØTO



> -----Original Message-----
> From: topband-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Bastin
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:42 PM
> To: Top Band Reflector
> Subject: Re: Topband: 160m in RTTY Contests
> 
> 
> On Oct 26, 2009, at 15:24:57, Ed Muns wrote:
> 
> > Most (all?) RTTY contests prohibit operation on 160 meters.  Yet, a 
> > number of RTTY contesters have asked that it be added.  I'd like to 
> > hear your thoughts on this topic, pro and con.  In particular, I'm 
> > thinking about the CQ WPX RTTY and CQ WW RTTY contests.
> 
> I'm not a "hard-core" contester, but RTTY is my favorite mode 
> for contesting when I do participate (with CW a very close 
> second). I agree with just about everyone here who has 
> commented that RTTY contesting on 160m would probably cause 
> more problems and make more enemies of contesting than the 
> activity would be worth.
> 
> For all the other bands where contesting occurs, there are 
> reasonable WARC band alternatives on the weekends when one 
> contest or another is filling up your favorite band with a 
> mode you don't prefer (even though it's very hard to convince 
> the loudest complainers to use them). That's not the case 
> with 160. There's nothing close in frequency or propagation 
> that would satisfy those who love the "Gentleman's Band." And 
> trying to limit it to small band segments will inevitably 
> force out some operators that don't happen to have access to 
> that selected part of the band.
> 
> Thank you very much for asking, I vote "NO".
> 
> 73,
> 
> 
> John K8AJS
> bastinj at gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 160 meters is a serious band, it should be treated with 
> respect. - TF4M