The Pre-Field Day discussion on this reflector, about operating RTTY
during FD, got me to operate RTTY during FD for the first time.
Participation
was a lot better than I expected. I only operated FD for about 4 hours
total, and switched back and forth between CW & RTTY. My plan was to operate
RTTY until I ran out of stations and then go back to CW for about 30
minutes. In total, I only operated RTTY for about 90 minutes during FD and
made
90 qso's. In conclusion, I enjoyed FD a lot more this year due to the
RTTY qso's! I hope the ARRL will promote RTTY use during FD more and more.
73,
Dick- K9OM
> 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)
QSL on the comments about PSK-31 vs. RTTY. I tried to use PSK-31 and it
was just too slow and very frustrating where RTTY worked great. I noticed a
big increase in the number of FD stations running RTTY this year and I
think this is a good thing.
I learned something new doing an all digital FD regarding dup checks. I
found one QSO with the same call on 14 MHz for both PSK-31 and RTTY. Most
software logging programs (as well as the ARRL's LoTW) considers PSK-31 and
RTTY as separate modes and will not show them as dup. The ARRL DXCC Desk now
says if it is not CW or Phone, it is Digital. We first saw the elimination
of the RTTY DXCC by the ARRL DXCC Desk and now that administrative policy
decision seems to be leaking over to contesting.
73 Dick AA5VU
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