Hi Jay and the group,
You are absolutely right , great meetings , I was lucky to participate in
two I think it was in the Holyday inn
can not forget Dale sitting at the entrance collecting the tickets and
greeting every single one.
I have a lot of photos from these meetings , great memories ,
Thanks Jay for the description it was exactly described .
73`s and RTTY FOREVER as we all signed.
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>
> Actually Andrei not 30 years ago, but for over 30 years. Last one was in
> 2003. Just for those on the list who are a bit newer. The RTTY Group had
> our own hotel, arrival was on Thursday night, which was typically a meet
> in
> the lounge and frequently the place rocked for hours.
>
> The big RTTY dinner was on Saturday and was hosted for many years by Dale
> Sinner the editor/publisher of the RTTY Journal.
>
> K5DJ started a friday night RTTY contesters dinner several years prior to
> the end of the entire thing. We had a lot of RTTY activities and a
> hospitality suite that got really going at times.
>
> Shelby K4WW kept the RTTY Forum's going.
>
> So the RTTY dinners went into the 70's only Bill or some of the real old
> timers could tell you. But it was quite a high time. We always presented
> the plaques for the WPX contest which Ron, K5DJ and I started as well as
> the CQWW plaques at the dinner. Short turn around from February contest
> to
> May Plaque's but we did it.
>
> All of this was of course largely due to the RTTY Journal and it all sort
> of came apart after the Journal went away. A lot of it was due to the
> greed
> on the part of the hotels. They nailed us something terrible that last
> year. The internet changed things which perahps is for the good.
>
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