I fully support Andrei.
73 Boyan LZ8E
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrei Stchislenok <asnp3d@gmail.com>
To: Kok Chen <chen@mac.com>
Cc: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com>; RTTY Reflector <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 4:26 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Digital DXCC or ARRL Board of Directors, respectfully: have
my strong disagreement
I would leave RTTY as it is and grouped all others digital modes into
"DIGITAL".
WE have here: (and will die with them):
CW,
PHONE,
RTTY,
DIGITAL.
2011/8/2 Kok Chen <chen@mac.com>
>
> On Aug 2, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
> > Remember, "Phone" includes AM,
> > SSB. FM, SSTV, DV and FSTV.
>
> Precisely.
>
> "Phone" appears to be the euphemism for all modes that encode non-textual
> information (speech, pictures, etc).
>
> "CW" is distinct from "Phone" because it represents textual information,
> but is meant for non-textual (usually aural) decoding.
>
> The remaining group (what W9OL very correctly pointed out as "not CW nor
> Phone") are the "digital modes," which also encodes textual information and
> but unlike "CW," they are decoded by machine back into textual information.
>
> You can call this last group anything you like. But to call it "RTTY" is
> plain wrong, since most of the "not CW nor Phone" transmissions today are
> not even made in RTTY any more.
>
> 73
> Chen, W7AY
>
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