With a different attitude the CW'ers , especially those involved in
emergency traffic drills/nets, could make the QRMing from RTTY contesters
into something fun and challenging.
I am a health care professional and serve on emergency preparedness
committees. I explain to non-hams that one reason for ambulance/fire/police
communications failures during a disaster , is because the radio operators
have fixed channel radio and/or do not know what to do when their bands are
overloaded (front ends), desensed, and just plain overcrowded. I explain ,
to the health care professionals, that hams do not have this problem because
they have more frequencies/bands that they can switch too and know how to
handle pile-ups/QRM, and desensing..
So, with this in mind, if the CW bands on 160,80,40,20,15,and 10, become
full of RTTY signals for 48 hours , I would LOVE IT if I was a CW emergency
net control. It would allow me to simulate emergency conditions and
practice sending/receiving code under severe QRM. It would also allow me to
test how responsive net members were to last minute changes in frequencies
and bands and test people ability to switch to WARC bands .
So, the challenge to emegerency and traffic operators is to look forward to
contest weekends and turn in in to a fun , but valuable, test of real radio
skills.
Andy K3UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "DJ3NG" <DJ3NG@rtty-contest-scene.com>
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 3:24 PM
Subject: [RTTY] note against RTTY-contester
> Hi RTTY-Friends,
>
> just found in guestbook of RTTY-CONTEST-SCENE and in my mailbox:
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> One again you cantankerous RTTY pricks and asshole RTTY contest jerks,
> wiped out the whole 40 meter CW band - again.
>
> OR THE WHOLE GODDAMNED WEEKEND TOO!
>
> What a bunch of fucking assholes! May you all get pined coax, jerks!
>
> Why donÂt you fuckers share the band?
>
> Chip W7AIT
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Without any comment.....
>
>
> 73 de Sigi, DJ3NG
>
> RTTY-CONTEST-SCENE
> http://www.rtty-contest-scene.com
>
>
>
>
>
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