[CQ-Contest] Is RTTY Only a Contest Mode?

[N4ZR]

I really wasn't implying anything about "what killed what."  Just 
wondering where day-to-day RTTY went.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 2/8/2020 10:04 PM, rjairam at gmail.com wrote:
> (I'm describing a world before FT8, so don't go saying that FT8 killed
> the RTTY star, as that just isn't true.)
>
> Only other places I've really worked RTTY was when working DXpeditions.
>
> Outside of DXpeditions I've worked a few on PSK31 and Olivia.
>
> 73
> Ria, N2RJ
>
>
> On Sat, 8 Feb 2020 at 21:37, N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I run an RBN node near Baltimore, MD spotting both CW and RTTY 160-12M.
>> During any normal weekend day, I'll spot maybe 1 RTTY station an hour.
>> A big contest goes on the air (like this weekend) , and suddenly I'm
>> spotting 300-400 RTTY signals per hour.  I guess my question is, where
>> do they go the rest of the time?
>>
>> --
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
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>> at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now
>> spotting RTTY activity worldwide.
>> For spots, please use your favorite
>> "retail" DX cluster.
>>
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