[RTTY] DXCC Questions

[Peter Laws]

On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Peter Laws wrote:

-> On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, FireBrick wrote:
->
-> -> As for PSK and RTTY. For DXCC purposes, PSK and the other flavors
-> -> digital all count for the same RTTY.
->
-> I wasn't sure this was correct, but it appears to be.  WAS has "RTTY"
-> certificates and "Digital" endorsements and I got them confused.
->
-> It *appears* that "RTTY" DXCC does include PSK31, et al, though it is not
-> explicitly mentioned ("Baudot, ASCII, AMTOR and packet count as RTTY" -
-> http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/rules.html#si)

There is a DXCC FAQ now at the ARRL site and it says:

	Q: There are other modes not recognized by DXCC. How do they
	apply?

	A: Modes such as PSK-31, G-Tor, Pactor, JT44 etc are digital and
	count for DXCC as RTTY. SSTV and other voice modes count as Phone
	for DXCC.

73,
Peter Laws
N5UWY/9

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