On Wed, 7 Aug 2002 21:58:40 -0400, Bill Coleman wrote:
>Slowing RTTY to 30 or 22 baud ought to be more
>than sufficient to make reliable communications possible on 160m.
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There is another compensating factor on 160 meters which reduces
many of the effects that Bill mentions: Most 160 meter QSOs are
at a shorter distance than on the higher frequencies. The closer
the two stations, the less chance for multipath distortion.
Granted, if you tried to work a station half way around the world
on 160 meter RTTY, it would probably be a mess, if it even could
be done. But half way across the country ain't that bad. I only
have eight 160 meter RTTY QSOs in the log, but I don't recall any
particular difficulty with any of them. The farthest one was
about 1500 miles.
I'd like to give NAQP or some other contest a try. If it really
doesn't work, we can always go back.
Bill, W7TI
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