NCJ sponsors four RTTY contests per year - two NAQP RTTY contests (February and now July) and two RTTY Sprint contests (March and October). Participation in the NAQP RTTY contests is healthy. For ex
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Hello John and all, residing outside the Americas may give a differnt view towards the subject contests. The number of MAJOR RTTY contests has increased over the past years. As a result we now have A
NAQP RTTY tests are OK with me! Yes other tests are more attractive, I never did like the rules for the NCJ sprints especially working the same station on the same band after 3 Q's. Yes, I especially
As one who is just on the threshold of jumping into RTTY and RTTY contesting in general, I was looking forward to a short contest to see just how well I might be able to get things to work. Hearing t
just It's not really bad news either, Sid, if they do get cancelled. There are several thousand RTTY contesters, and only about 30 logs were being submitted. If the Sprints get cancelled, plese don'
Please don't drop the Sprints. We just need to encourage more = participation. I love the sprints. I have to laugh out loud when I think about them. = It's just craziness... especially since you can
I vote for keeping the Sprints and dumping at least a dozen of the "they all look alike" 36-48 RTTY contests. This would enhance contesting by better allocating the limited resource we all have (time
I agree with Bill. I'd like to see the Sprints remain. I've not been able to operate the last few because of other commitments but would otherwise participate. Don Please don't drop the Sprints. We j
IMHO, nothing else in life (unless it was divorce #2) comes close to the excitement, frustration, and fun of an RTTY sprint! Lets keep on sprinting along. W0ETC On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 07:11:11 -0500 "WA9
I havent been very active on RTTY lately, but I'd hate to see the RTTY Sprint go...it's a very unique and exciting contest. I'm not surprised that the log count is very low...the same is true of the
No need to dump the other contests. It would be nice if they all have a single band option, instead of only all band /48 h . Fi entering a 10m only section you could make more use of available time
of >the "other mode" sprints as well. I just wonder if a lot of the problem is the people are thinking "Why bother sending in a log--I don't have diddly squat chance of winning anything anyway." Cont