[Elecraft] RTTY

[Don Wilhelm]

"There is a time for every thing, turn, turn, turn.  There is a season 
for every purpose under Heaven" Those words of Pete Seeger ring in my head.

It is the same on the hambands.  There is a time for ragchews and there 
is a time for contests, and there is a time for DX contacts which are 
looking for the maximum number of QSOs.

On contest weekends, do not expect ragchew QSOs with those who are 
contesting.
For DX contacts who are trying to maximize their contacts, the will not 
be willing to ragchew.

If you want to ragchew, then do it with stations that are also willing. 
Send them a bit of personal information and see if they respond.  If 
not, they are not willing to ragchew.

Bottom line - it all depends.  It takes two to make a conversation.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/15/2017 8:44 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote:

>
> I was told that basically there was no place for ragchewing in Amateur
> Radio -- no place at all.
>
> 97.1(e) says there is a place for a good ragchew.  Not sure where
> contesting comes in, but I'll stipulate that it can be fit into 97.1
> somewhere.
>