Topband: [RTTY] 160m in RTTY Contests

[Jim N7US]

I'm a RTTY DXer, sometimes casual RTTY contester, and a 160M op.  Based on
all the points mentioned so far, including the international allocations,
the narrow spectrum used on 160 due to those allocations, and mutual
cooperation and respect, I was one who voted against RTTY contests on 160.
Unless one is very dedicated and has effective, low noise receiving
antennas, 160 is only usable for DX a few months of the year.  RTTY seems to
have an inordinate number of contests anyway, so I vote to keep 160 free of
them.

Jim N7US




-----Original Message-----

From: Jim W7RY [mailto:w7ry at arrl.net] 
Sent: October 31, 2009 09:54
To: Dallmeier, Walter; rtty at contesting.com; drcg at drcg.de
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Topband: 160m in RTTY Contests 

I would not call this a poll from the RTTY community. There were quite a few

responses on this reflector from the top band reflector too.

Most top band hard core folks don't want RTTY on "their" band. And "they" 
call it the gentleman's band ?

73

Jim W7RY



----- Original Message ----- 

> Hello,
>
> here the summary of the Poll "Top Band 160m RTTY Contesting" with 67 votes

> after 3 days.
> The result is around 50/50 of Yes/No.
>
> It seems that the RTTY community is pretty evenly split about this 
> question.
> More information at www.drcg.de .
>
>
> vy 73, de Walter, DL4RCK, DL4R
>
> Walter Dallmeier
>