On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
-> From: Peter Laws <plaws@plaws.net>
->
-> You can't get RTTY WAS with PSK 31. You *can* get Digital WAS with
-> it, though, and I will, but I want to finish RTTY WAS first ...
-> :-)
->
-> This is a suprise for me. I think when I got mine, PSK counted as RTTY
-> (as it does for DXCC, still).
Maybe DXCC changed? According to
http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/rules.html#si, "Baudot, ASCII, AMTOR and
packet count as RTTY." There's no "only", so it's not quite definitive if
you're into picking nits. :-)
Back to WAS, it's explained differently: http://www.arrl.org/awards/was/
says "The Digital award, issued for working any digital mode (PSK31,
AMTOR, PacTOR, G-TOR, etc), is also available. Except for RTTY, the
Digital award is dated, but not numbered." They list a separate RTTY
award.
WAC is less clear, offering only a "RTTY Certificate".
-> That's one of my pet peaves- you can enter RTTY Roundup using PSK, but
-> since the ARRL won't count them as separate modes (except when they
-> do), you stand a very small chance of winning anything.
Agreed, that's kind of silly.
--
73,
Peter Laws
N5UWY/9
Looking for MT on RTTY
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