Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-08 Thread David Wilburn
Every 6 months or so, a wire antenna thread is started. I never cease to learn something new in these threads and enjoy them quite a bit. This reflector is an amazing source of knowledge, from those who could design an amazing radio, while blind drunk, and drawn out on the back of a cocktail na

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread Jan Erik Holm
Is this the ARRL reflector? Or the RTTY reflector? or the antenna reflector? or the anything goes reflector? When I subscribed I had the impression it was the Elecraft reflector, obviously I was wrong. Can someone point me to the Elecraft reflector. / SM2EKM -

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread Thom LaCosta
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Tom Childers, N5GE wrote: Heh, Heh... I bought a Life membership in 76 for $250. I feel the same as you about the ARRL's attitude regarding CW, that's why I won't ever drop my membership. It's costing THEM to send ME mags now ;o) I too am a Life Member...so I can't depri

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread Tom Childers, N5GE
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 07:40:31 -0800 (PST), WA7CS wrote: > >After a week of building a new K1, I was anxious to try it out and get on the >air. > >Imagine my dismay when all I could hear was a racous cacaphony of RTTY >splatter from 7.025 to 7.100. Similarly 14.060 was also RTTY hell. > >I was even

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread Sandy
e WARC bands!) IS this too much to ask? 73, Sandy W5TVW - Original Message - From: "Mike Fatchett W0MU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WA7CS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Elecraft Discussion List" Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [Ele

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup [END of Thread]

2008-01-07 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Guys - Let's end this thread. 73, Eric WA6HHQ Elecraft List Moderator WILLIS COOKE wrote: Talk about leaving yourself wide open! Be careful what you ask, you might not like the answer! --- Mike Fatchett W0MU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just where would you like the RTTY stations to g

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread WILLIS COOKE
Talk about leaving yourself wide open! Be careful what you ask, you might not like the answer! --- Mike Fatchett W0MU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just where would you like the RTTY stations to go? > > ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@m

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread Mike Fatchett W0MU
30m was not used in the RTTY Round up. Just where would you like the RTTY stations to go? The ARRL band plans suggest...Suggest the following for normal everyday use. 3570-3600 7040, 7080-7125 10130-10140 14070-14095 The FCC allows USA hams to operate RTTY on the following frequencies. 3500-36

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread Jerry Flanders
At 12:13 PM 1/7/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... I listened to RTTY a bit as DATA A and FSK but found the default filter setting to be too narrow - I could only see one station at a time. It might work well if you were running but for S&P, I needed the wide filter. When I widened the filt

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread K4IA
Can we redirect this to talk about the K3? 1. Using the K3, I have no problem working CW amidst the RTTY contesters. Just narrow the filter and ignore them. You cause them more grief than they cause you. 2. I listened to RTTY a bit as DATA A and FSK but found the default filter setti

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread Vic K2VCO
WA7CS wrote: I was even pushed off of 10.130 (WARC) by an incessant RTTY "CQ TEST". Any contacts that this fellow made here would certainly not count, since the rules specify 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters only. Anyway, this part of the band is normally used for digital modes, so it's likel

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread Robert 'RC' Conley
- Original Message - > From: "WA7CS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:40 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup > > > > > > After a week of building a new K1, I was anxious to try it out and get on > > th

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread DW Holtman
t, DW Holtman WB7SSN - Original Message - From: "WA7CS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:40 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup After a week of building a new K1, I was anxious to try it out and get on the air. Imagine my dismay when all I could

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread WA7CS
After a week of building a new K1, I was anxious to try it out and get on the air. Imagine my dismay when all I could hear was a racous cacaphony of RTTY splatter from 7.025 to 7.100. Similarly 14.060 was also RTTY hell. I was even pushed off of 10.130 (WARC) by an incessant RTTY "CQ TEST". I

RE: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread J. Edward (Ed) Muns
> Ed, W0YK, was operating SO2R (two K3's) from P49X... from his QSO > total, I suspect he may well have WON the entire contest...! I heard > no QSO totals anywhere even close to Ed's 2500 Q's... at least so far. I would have preferred to use two K3's, but chose not to subject them to TSA on the tr

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread Tom Hammond
Hi tom: My first contest action with K3 #29 was the RU last weekend managed to be on the air for a couple of houres on 20 meters With a 50 feet long wire worked 18 countries and 12 US States from HB9-land Pretty frustrated that i could copy a lot of stations deep in the qrm/noise in RTTY but

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread Mike Fatchett W0MU
Thanks for the report. I am anxious to get my K3 and 200 kc roofing filter for the RTTY contests! Adjacent big signal qrm does curious things to your ability to copy good print. Mike W0MU On 1/7/08 6:23 AM, "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there > > My first contest action with K3 #29 wa

[Elecraft] ARRL RTTY Roundup

2008-01-07 Thread Tom
Hi there My first contest action with K3 #29 was the RU last weekend managed to be on the air for a couple of houres on 20 meters With a 50 feet long wire worked 18 countries and 12 US States from HB9-land Pretty frustrated that i could copy a lot of stations deep in the qrm/noise in RTTY but