Here at the K9MOT FD site we tried RTTY for the first time and we found the
rates were decent.
Good enough were we S&P'ed for a while then switched to SSB and then CW; then
back to RTTY. This kept a decent rate going at times.
RTTY was productive enough that we did not even try PSK31. In my humble opinion
PSK31 is too slow for contesting/FD. RTTY is much better suited for quick
contacts. I printed many excellent operators on the air and requests for
repeats were few.
Based on the post FD club feedback, RTTY will be back next year for our FD.
Hope everybody had a great time! Mother nature blessed us with mild
temperatures, fewer bugs and no rain!
73, Adrian AA5UK for K9MOT (Motorola Solutions Radio club)
>________________________________
> From: K9OR <k9or@comcast.net>
>To: rtty@contesting.com
>Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 11:16 PM
>Subject: [RTTY] FD RTTY Question
>
>After years of slowly but steadily increasing RTTY participation in FD,
>where was everyone this year?
>Our RTTY QSO's were about a third what they were a year ago - despite CQ/S&P
>on 20 and 40 during prime times.
>Propagation on 10/15 wasn't that great here compared to last year, but 20
>and 40 were FB.
>
>Do we need to do PSK instead for digital mode contacts? (Hope not...)
>
>73 Randy K9OR
>3A IL
>
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