[CQ-Contest] RTTY replace CW contesting??

[David Robbins K1TTT]

Perhaps if the rtty contests were added to the club competitions it would
spur enough extra activity that it would be possible to change the rules to
match the other contests.  The rtty contest rules are often more liberal in
who you can contact and even in additional multipliers so there is enough
activity to keep them interesting.  

Some of them also have interesting entry classes to make expeditions more
interesting... like the cqww rtty that has a multi op low power class so
small expeditions don't have to carry rtty capable amps.  There may be some
rtty rules that some other contests could benefit from instead of just the
other way around.


David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve London
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 22:13
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RTTY replace CW contesting??
> 
> Let's split these up and look at them case-by-case.
> 
> David Robbins K1TTT wrote:
> > Speaking of which, how about getting cqww rtty included in the cw/ssb
> club
> > competition????
> 
> That should not even be considered until CQWW RTTY has the same rules and
> scoring as the real CQWW contests, such as 0 points for intra-country
> QSO's.
> Right now it's just another of the zillion everyone-works-everyone RTTY
> QSO
> parties that occur nearly every weekend. Just the name "CQWW RTTY" is a
> travesty
> when compared against the 70 year history and tradition of CQWW CW and
> CQWW Phone.
> 
> > And maybe include rtty roundup in the arrl dx club
> > competitions?
> 
> Possibly. Push the idea with KX9X, the ARRL contest manager.
> 
> > And do the same for other club competitions, wpx?
> 
> WPX RTTY. Another contest with inferior rules compared to WPX Phone and
> WPX CW.
> Clean up your act, then ask the question.
> 
> >  How about
> > an ss rtty???
> 
> Yeah...change the ARRL RTTY Roundup to ARRL RTTY SS. Makes good sense.
> 
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
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