[Elecraft] Lids running RTTY on the JT65 Frequency

[John McBee]

On 1/5/2015 1:23 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> 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
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Not to be rude, but why is this on the Elecraft site?  It has nothing to 
do with Elecraft!!

John
KM5PS