[RTTY] The "age" thing, and the 599 issue

[Barry]

The age thing is primarily in our part of the world.  Earlier this 
summer, I was in Macedonia for the IARU High Speed Telegraphy World 
Championship, and it amazed me how many young people were there.  Of 
course, they were all from eastern EU.  There are some pics in my 
article about it in Nov QST.
Barry W2UP

On 18 Oct 2005 Mike Brown wrote:

> In our local club, we have a few of the young guys, in there 40's.
> From there, it's 50 and up. This is a club of about 65 members. When
> someone says "we need to get the young guys to start doing some of the
> work around here". Then we stop and remember, we are the young guys.
> I'll be 50 in February. Things aren't looking so great.
> 
> 73, Mike K9MI
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Phil Cooper" <pcooper at guernsey.net>
> To: "RTTY" <rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 18:47
> Subject: [RTTY] The "age" thing, and the 599 issue
> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Just been looking back at past JARTS logs, and interestingly, there
> > has really been that many "young-un's" in past years either. I have
> > seen a few from the top end disappear, but it would appear that
> > although we aren't really seeing the young-un's joining in, we are
> > getting an influx of folk new to the joys of RTTY that are in their
> > 40's and 50's. I am sure that todays' twenty-something's will be the
> > new folk on RTTY in 10 or 20 years time! Well, we can hope, anyway.
> >
> > I did get a couple of 599-73-73 73, which was amusing, and I will be
> > more than happy if I am still entering RTTY contests at such an age!
> > I'll probably be sitting on a commode, hands shaking, trying to
> > press the right buttons, and then trying to remember why I am
> > sitting there.
> >
> > I think I had one good response from a YL station in JARTS: GU0SUP
> > TU 599 00 73 88 DE XX1XX !! And no, I didn't ask for a repeat!
> >
> > As for the 599 or even 5NN, well, I don't mind it, as it does
> > provide a buffer between callsign and what you want to hear. In CW,
> > (yup! I do play that too!), it gets your brain ready for what is to
> > come next. And even those contests that specify that NO RST IS
> > NEEDED, there are still plenty of folk that send it anyway. I would
> > prefer 599, rather than 5NN, though! I just assume that anyone
> > sending 5NN is a CW convert to RTTY, or someone who doesn't
> > understand how RTTY works! Same as those guys that send PSK in all
> > capital letters! My guess is that some of them never bother with
> > half the knobs and dials on their rigs because they don't understand
> > what it can do for them!
> >
> > Ain't RTTY fun!!
> >
> > 73 de Phil GU0SUP
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up at mindspring.com
Newtown, PA                     Frankford Radio Club