I think the RTTY contests disrupt the bands more than a CW contest,
especially on 40 meters becuase people are operating RTTY as low as 7025.
I can remember several times during the CW Sprint that this has happened.
I think it would be safe to say that most CW contesters never operate up by
the suggested RTTY frequencies of .080 and above on each band.
BTW.. I have nothing against RTTY... I have listened and might even try it
sometime... it's just a pain when you are trying to work someone in a state
QSO party and the band is full of RTTY signals...
Jeff
>
> From: "Matt Lee, K4AQ" <Matt@HiWAAY.net>
> Date: 2004/10/18 Mon PM 04:34:10 EDT
> To: "'SECC'" <secc@contesting.com>
> Subject: RTTY QRM (was: RE: [SECC] Re:JARTS)
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: secc-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:secc-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of ku8e@bellsouth.net
> > Sent: Monday, 18 October, 2004 09:34
> > To: SECC
> > Subject: Re: [SECC] Re:JARTS
> >
> >
> > Is there a RTTY contest every weekend !!!
>
> ...or a CW contest every weekend?
>
> > It sure seems like it lately.
>
> Wish there were even more, hi.
>
> BTW, quite a few (well-known) contesters have tried RTTY contesting
> lately for the first time and are liking it.
>
> > I sure would be nice if the activity didn't stray below 050
> > or so. There were
> > stations at 030 on Friday night limiting the operating space
> > for any CW contests that were going on....
>
> That would be ideal but not practical under the present rules.
>
> For example, what about the QRO stns that QRM the "QRP freqs?" I don't
> hear the QRP'ers making an issue of that.
>
> Or the CW stns who move into the "digital bands (more than just RTTY)"
> in major contests? I have seen digital stns comment about the QRM among
> themselves but not in an open forum.
>
> Before I began contesting for the first time less than three years ago,
> I was actively involved with public service communications, e.g., ARES,
> NTS, MARS, CAP (including the "old" Civil Defense during high school). I
> planned my weekend on-the-air activities with QST Contest Corral. If a
> major CW contest was scheduled, I operated SSB...and vice versa...that
> weekend.
>
> If the contest activity was too much for me to handle, I did something
> else. Now, with the WARC bands, I could go there if I wanted to avoid
> the contest QRM. Isn't that neat?
>
> <snipped>
>
> --
> Matt Lee, K4AQ
> Atlanta, GA USA
> <K4AQ@arrl.net>
>
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