[CQ-Contest] Termination of the RTTY NS (RTTY NCCC Sprint) half hour Thursday night contest.

[Barry Jacobson]

Hi Ed, sorry to hear about this. I had been meaning to try it, but RTTY is
a tough mode to configure and confirm it is working. To switch the rig over
and get the software and hardware working properly takes some time. And to
do it for just a half hour seemed like a an awful lot of effort. In
addition, I am not good with sprints and the jumping around in frequency
and different exchanges for each half of couplet can get very flustering.
RTTY is one of my favorite modes and wish there were more RTTY contests,
but I have to get psyched up to go through the setup effort, as I get a
mental block thinking about it. So somehow never tried this one out.

Really sorry but hope for more opportunities in future.

Barry WA2VIU

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Barry Jacobson
WA2VIU
bdj at alum.mit.edu
@bdj_phd

On Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 6:53 PM Ed Radlo via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:

> To All RTTY Enthusiasts:
> A few months ago, the team that manages this contest, which has been
> sponsored by the NCCC (Northern California Contest Club) for many years,
> conducted an in-depth study at whether this half hour Thursday night
> contest is still viable, given the low and declining participation
> experienced over the past couple of years.
> Unfortunately, since this study of a few months ago, the participation in
> the RTTY NS has declined even further.  Therefore, the contest management
> team has come to the painful conclusion that it is time to say farewell to
> the Thursday night RTTY NS, effective immediately.
> I and my colleagues on the contest management team, and more generally in
> the NCCC at large, look forward to working you all in future RTTY
> contests.  Unfortunately, it won't be in the RTTY NS.
> 73,  Ed Radlo  AJ6V
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