[Elecraft] Lids running RTTY on the JT65 Frequency

[Jim Brown]

On Mon,1/5/2015 10:54 AM, David Cole wrote:
> To expect the worldwide Amateur Radio community, to clear out space on
> every band, for the few hundred JT users, on the off chance someone
> might be transmitting, is simply insane and selfish.

I've made a lot of QSOs using the WSJT modes, but I wouldn't dream of 
doing so when a contest is occupying the same space. The same is true of 
CW or SSB on contesting bands during a contest. We hams have a lot of 
spectrum, but none of us owns any frequency, either individually or as a 
group. Contest organizers intentionally avoid the WARC bands, and RTTY 
contesting intentionally avoids 160M. Someone who wants to work JT65 or 
PSK31 on HF during a RTTY contest can QSY to 160M, 30M, 17M, or 12M. So 
can CW operators. At least one of these bands will usually be open 
enough to have fun.

73, Jim K9YC