I think a major factor may be that RTTY Roundup and all the VHF contests
recently added club competition.
Tyler
> Interesting.
>
> It would be more valuable if it was broken out by mode also- i.e. SS_CW vs.
> SS_SSB. I'd also like to see some demographics on who these operators are
> that
> are boosting the #'s.
>
> I suspect that both VHF and RTTY are now being frequented more by former HF
> types. I am one of those, and enjoy the lack of QRM from SSTVers, Net
> operations and anti-contesters. I'm just not into the hassle of fone
> contests
> any more. I would suspect that I'm not alone.
>
> The article cites the ease of getting on RTTY with computers, but misses the
> ease of getting on VHF will all of these new rigs that include 1 or more VHF
> bands along with HF capabilities.
>
> RTTY is fun - and really great in multi-op as the operators can talk to each
> other while operating. (We can't all operate CW and talk at the same time
> like
> W2RQ!)
>
> 73,
> Bob N5NJ
>
>
> ============================================================
> From: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
> Date: 2004/02/19 Thu AM 07:43:02 CST
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Contest Participation Statistics
>
> http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/02/18/2/?nc=1
>
> Interesting statistics at the bottom of the article. With the
> exception of the IARU, categories showing significant growth
> are either digital modes or VHF.
>
> 73, Bill W4ZV
>
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