Bob,
> I think it's time to petition the ARRL again, but this time
> for the 5-Band RTTY WAS award. I'll check to see what the
> process is and make an attempt to get 5BWAS RTTY as another
> award. You suggestions will be appreciated. I have never
> attempted anything like this so I've got some learning to do!
Not to be a heretic but why should there be a 5BWAS RTTY when
the rules say:
"There are no specialty 5 Band awards or endorsements."
That means there is no 5BWAS-Phone, 5BWAS-CW or even "5BWAS-
standing on your head."
You are really asking that the entire 5B WAS award be redesigned
to support specialty awards and endorsements. I do not think that
the Awards Committee wants to get into setting rules/criteria for
specialty awards or the added burden of specialized card checking
and record keeping.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert Chudek - K0RC
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 2:34 PM
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] 5-Band RTTY WAS
>
>
> There never was a RTTY Honor Roll for DXCC either until Jules
> - W2JGR/Ø (sk)
> petitioned the ARRL to create this category.
>
> Here's what he said in his biography:
>
> "RTTY DXCC HONOR ROLL
>
> One achievement, of which I am most satisfied during this
> period was my
> successful petition to the ARRL for establishment of the RTTY
> Honor Roll.
> RTTY had been finally recognized as a legitimate DXCC mode some years
> before. When Gin, JA1ACB, one of the world's foremost RTTYers
> reached Honor
> Roll level, the ARRL recognized it under "Mixed" category. This
> disappointment drove Gin off the air for several years. The
> first vote on
> the petition by the DX Advisory Committee failed because it
> was tied into
> another unrelated item which clearly needed to be defeated.
> Subsequently the
> petition was voted on in its own right. DXAC ballots were
> returnable to the
> committee chairman, Charlie, KY0A on November 29, 1993 (my
> 76th birthday!).
> RTTY Honor Roll finally came into its own. I tried to
> convince JA1ACB to
> reapply but he chose not to. My good friend Luciano, I5FLN,
> became the first
> to qualify. By September 1996 only seven had achieved this
> level. At this
> writing in the fall of 1997, I believe this number has grown
> to about 12."
>
>
> I can't remember whether Jules achieve Honor Roll, but he was
> only 2 short
> when he wrote this in 1997. I do know he was presented with
> the "Lifetime
> Achievement Award" for his 70 years of amateur radio commitment.
>
> I think it's time to petition the ARRL again, but this time
> for the 5-Band
> RTTY WAS award. I'll check to see what the process is and
> make an attempt to
> get 5BWAS RTTY as another award. You suggestions will be
> appreciated. I have
> never attempted anything like this so I've got some learning to do!
>
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
>
>
> > ***********************************
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 14:14:35 -0500
> > From: "F.R. Ashley" <gdadx2@clearwire.net>
> > Subject: Re: [RTTY] *****SPAM***** KL8DX ON 3587.5 NOW!
> > To: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>, <rtty@contesting.com>
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> >
> >
> >
> >> Since I've n"ever submitted for 5BWAS, I will do so as
> soon as I get
> >> Phil's confirmation. " Too bad the award is not mode specific!"
> >
> >
> >>
> >> 73, Don AA5AU
> >
> > Yes is too bad. I was up to 240 before I found out there
> was no mode
> > specific WAS award. :(
> > I finished 5BWAS up on CW and made the submision. But
> congrats on your
> > great achievement!
> >
> > 73 Buddy WB4M
> >
> >
>
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