[RTTY] RTTY in state QSO parties?

[Jeff Stai WK6I]

hi - There is a small debate going on in the NCCC, which runs the California 
QSO Party (CQP) the 1st weekend in October, as to whether to start including 
digital modes in the CQP. Rules for 2003 here: http://www.cqp.org/Rules.html

Basically, your goal is to work as many of the 58 CA counties as possible - 
CA stations work the world, and vice versa. Current modes are both CW and 
phone. Note that even though the mults for CA stations are states and 
provinces, we happily and eagerly work all DX. And finally, there are 
fabulous prizes...

I was wondering what level of interest there would be in the RTTY community 
to adding RTTY to this contest:

- do you already participate in CW and/or phone?

- if not, would you be very inclined to go from 'not participating' to 
'participating' if RTTY were available?

- in either case, would you be inclined to operate only RTTY, or multiple 
modes?

thanks very much for your input! - jeff wk6i


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Jeff Stai               jds at twistedoak.com
Twisted Oak Winery      http://www.twistedoak.com/
Rocketry Org. of CA     http://www.rocstock.org/
Amateur Radio           WK6I