Then call the event Heavy Metal Tractor Pull!
Or,"Honey, any thing around the house you need me to work on?"
73
Neal
On 9/27/07, Barry <w2up3@verizon.net> wrote:
> I was one of those people. I'm not very active these days, but still
> alive :.)
> 160 is a miserable, noisy band. If you like listening to static
> crashes, great. However, a RTTY decoder is going to have a very tough
> time making any sense of all but the strongest signals.
> 73,
> Barry W2UP
>
> Inbody, Don wrote:
> > I remember this discussion a couple of years ago. Some of the "old
> > hands" sent me some flamers telling me that 160m was a lousy place for a
> > RTTY contest. Wonder what has changed. I had better go pull out the SK
> > list.
> >
> > 73, Don AD0K
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com]
> > On Behalf Of Bill Turner
> > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 16:03
> > To: rtty list
> > Subject: [RTTY] 160 meter RTTY contest
> >
> > ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
> >
> > On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:34:11 -0700, IronmanY2k
> > <IronmanY2K@triathlete.com> wrote:
> >
> > (from another thread)
> >
> >
> >> The only RTTY contest that I know of that supports 160 meters is the
> >>
> > TARA RTTY Melee which is on Dec 1. This date is right in the middle of
> > the ARRL 160 meter CW contest.
> >
> > ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
> >
> > I too would like to see a 160 meter RTTY contest. I would suggest it
> > use an already existing contest as a format, so no new contest
> > software would have to be written. I like the Makrothen because
> > scoring is based on distance between grid squares, but another contest
> > might have some other advantages.
> >
> > Is there a club willing to take on the sponsorship? I will volunteer
> > to help out in any way needed.
> >
> > Bill W6WRT
> >
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>
> Barry Kutner, W2UP Newtown, PA
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