[PaQSO] RTTY Interference

[wn3vaw at verizon.net]

We already have suggested calling & mobile frequencies for CW & SSB.  Makes sense to have suggested calling frequencies for PSK-31 & RTTY too.  Those who operate those modes frequently might be the best ones to advise Mike what the most likely gathering points will be.

Yes, some bands/modes will be a zoo at certain times in the contest.  Yes, those operating in PaQP will have to share the bands with other contests (remember all the years the IL QSO Party operated on PaQP Sunday -- or was it the IN QSO Party, I forget.  Or all those years we could pick up easy mults on 80 & 40 thanks to the ARRL Open CD Party?) Thus it is, thus it was, thus it will be, ad infinitum ad nauseum.  

73, ron wn3vaw

From: Ralph Matheny <mathenyr at marietta.edu>
Date: Fri Mar 24 09:39:45 CST 2006
To: Michael Coslo <mjc5 at psu.edu>
Cc: PaQSO at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [PaQSO] RTTY Interference

This "problem" will get worse if there is "regulation by bandwidth" as
proposed.  In most cases--CW stations can't easily communicate with RTTY,
and visa versa.  It turns into a mess, and leads to a lot of frustration.
If the Pa party is to have "digital mode" QSO's please designate a set
of freqs for them.  While I know there isn't any real way to enforce such
a policy, it does seem to me that most reasonable ops will make some
effort to comply.  No matter what freq you propose, however, somebody will
be annoyed.  That's life on 40 meters.

As far as the date is concerned--PAQP is perfect.

Ralph Matheny
K8RYU
207 Gibbons Place
Marietta Ohio  45750





On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Michael Coslo wrote:

>
> On Mar 23, 2006, at 10:14 PM, Stan Reas wrote:
> >
> > Also if there is a competing RTTY contest during the PA QSO Party
> > weekend, you might
> > want to consider changing the date to a weekend where there is no
> > RTTY contest anywhere
> > in the world.
> >
>
> Are you serious Stan?
>
> 	There are rtty contests going on *all year long*. The NCJ RTTY
> Sprint contest is happening at the same time as ours this year. I
> believe it and perhaps another rtty contest were taking place last
> year at the same time as the PAQSO party. I didn't get one complaint
> then.
>
> 	There are a lot of contests going on in amateur radio. Ours is
> placed where it is after some years of experimentation long ago. The
> second full weekend of October has a lot going for it. Usually good
> fall weather,  the contest dovetails with the California QSO party.
> It is really just about the best date on the calendar.
>
> here is a link to some of the rtty contests:
>
> http://www.qsl.net/ve4coz/RTTY%20Contest_Calendar.html
>
> Looks like we have a choice - frying pan, another frying pan, or the
> fire.
>
> 	So no - we're not moving. 8^)
>
> p.s. given that there are rtty contests all year long, and if they
> are rendering the bands useless for CW on the weekends, then the
> problem is not with the contest sponsors. What I would strongly
> suggest is that documented complaints be made to the FCC of
> interference. Get that computer out, get the callsigns, record the
> signals and get 'er done.
>
>
> 	-73 de Mike KB3EIA -
>
>
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