[CQ-Contest] RTTY Rates

[Jerry Flanders]

A year ago I was using PED to help polish my CW keyboarding skills. After a 
few hours practice, I was up to 240 simulated Q's per hour CW. The most I 
have ever seen in my WL rate window on RTTY is about 115 real ones.

Jerry W4UK





> > AA4LR wrote:
> > >I've never seen it in actual use, but there is an application called
> > >RITTY, that apparently makes RTTY contesting very fast an effective.
> > >There's also a RTTY contest application that works in concert with it.
> > >
> > >I believe the future may have already arrived when you weren't
> > >watching....
> >
> >         Prove it.  I'll wait to see meaningful results or data before
> > I take your word for it.  I've never seen any rates for RTTY that are
> > anywhere close to either CW or SSB rates.  It would be interesting to
> > know what K3MM or N4GN (previous record holder) had for peak rates
> > but I would doubt they could be much above 120/hour even under optimum
> > conditions and with plenty of stations calling.  Time for some facts
> > rather than more unsubstantiated opinions.
> >
> >                                                 73,  Bill  W4ZV
> >