Let's be realistic here.
The bands are not in great shape. It's summer time. Folks are not around the
radio like they are in the winter time because of nice weather, summer
travel and vacations, kid's baseball games etc. etc.... There are no major
RTTY contests on the horizon.
Have you, w5kdj, noticed the RTTY reflector postings are down too? Perhaps
not.... I guess that blows the email theory out the window?
Technology changes all the time. I guess television and the internet
destroyed AM radio didn't it? NO. It just changed it.
Sorry your discouraged w5kdj. Perhaps you need to do some antenna work to
get ready for the upcoming contest season?
73
Jim W7RY
----- Original Message -----
From: "w5kdj" <w5kdj@comcast.net>
To: "Phil Sussman" <psussman@pactor.com>; "RTTY Contesting"
<rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY Black Hole??
> It has vanished in the last 6 weeks, everyone is busy playing on the
> computer and not on the radio which will eventually kill this hobby like
> email killed phone patching.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Sussman" <psussman@pactor.com>
> To: "RTTY Contesting" <rtty@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 9:54 AM
> Subject: [RTTY] RTTY Black Hole??
>
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I don't know if it's just me or has RTTY vanished over the last
>> week or two? I'm at my Richmond, VA QTH and the band segment of
>> 14.060 - 14.090 has been quiet.
>>
>> The noise level has been S-8 to ten over S-9, but I have not
>> heard a peep. I've called CQ on RTTY to no avail.
>>
>> Sunspots?? Lack thereof?? My QTH??
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> de Phil - N8PS
>>
>>
>>
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