This thread reminds me about...
Around 1998 and 1999 I sponsored a short 4-hour RTTY contest call the High
Speed Sprint. I chose to use the rules and scoring from the BARTG contest so no
software changes would be needed. The single difference was only RTTY at 75
baud (100 wpm) would count for QSO's. This sprint ran for two or three years.
It took place on the second weekend in March, if I remember correct.
Maybe we should combine ideas and cook up a 4-hour 160m High Speed RTTY Sprint?
Anyone game to give this a shot? And 1807.5 kHz sounds like a good calling
frequency to me. :-)
How would 0200z ~ 0600z work, On an evening instead of a weekend? There would
be coast to coast propagation at that time. If we got enough interest stirred
up, one goal would be 160m RTTY WAS. Who's interested in giving this a shot?
73 de Bob - K0RC
P.S. The old HSS was an interesting learning experience for many of the fellows
because they needed to adjust their TNC's for 100 wpm operation. Also, a bug
was revealed in the WF1B software at the higher speed. Ray had to fix
something, I don't remember the particulars. But it was really fun to watch the
canned exchanges fly across the screen at 100 wpm! There was also a lot of
discussion on the reflector whether 60 wpm or 100 wpm was more/less error
prone, filter widths, and on and on... There's enough new fellows on digital
that this could be a hoot!
I'm gonna check my old computer to see if I can find the details about this old
HSS event. Hmmm.. come to think about it, I think I'm using that old computer
as a wheel chock for the boat trailer...
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:51:44 -0800
From: Bill Turner <dezrat@copper.net>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY on 160 Meters
To: <ke4qok@bellsouth.net>, "Thomas Giella KN4LF"
<flcyclone@tampabay.rr.com>, "a RTTY COL eList" <rtty@contesting.com>
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At 11:19 AM 2/27/2006, ke4qok@bellsouth.net wrote:
>It may not be as hard as you think to maintain a good QSO count on
>160M. There are probably a lot of people out there that have few if
>any RTTY contacts on this band and would like to get some in the log
>and the QSL album.
>
>Bob
>KE4QOK
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Especially if someone spots you. :-)
73, Bill W6WRT
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