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

[Jeff Blaine]

The limited success of RTTY on a dxpedition is not due to the mode 
specifically.  Rahter it's because callers tend to work RTTY like they 
do a CW pileup, but generally with even less skill.  On top of that the 
RTTY control op on the dxpedition end rarely has the skill needed to get 
solid rates.

FTx by contrast is a winner for dxpeditions because it addresses all 
these operational problems - meaning higher effective throughput - and 
benefits further in the capability to work against a lower SNR.  In the 
end, a wider set of callers are served which makes it the silver bullet 
for dxpeditions.

73/jeff/ac0c
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
www.ac0c.com


On 2/10/20 2:26 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> Same here. RTTY can be fun as a contesting mode, but it's a dud for 
> DXpeditions. For that, FT8 is a huge improvement.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
> On 2/8/2020 7:04 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.
>
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