[RTTY] RTTY Sweeps

[Bill Coleman]

On Sep 27, 2005, at 12:17 PM, Rick Mintz wrote:

> (1) Sweeps is a 24 hour contest

30 hours. You can only operate 24 hours.

> (2) The are many US only contests now, so it is not unique to  
> exclude DX
> (3) RTTY Roundup as inferred by others is a US contest. It is a DX  
> contest
> but has state multipliers as in CQWW RTTY
> (4) A Sweepstakes RTTY is to activate low power, antenna challenged  
> stations
> that cannot work DX in contest situations. With smaller stations  
> working
> W/VE only more emphasis would be on skill rather than horsepower.

SS has some unique rules. You work stations once, which tends to make  
it harder even for big guns to just sit an call CQ all weekend. There  
are a limited number of multipliers, which also tends to make the big  
guns hunt around in order to get the "sweep".

SS also makes it possible to be competitive on just a couple of  
bands. Mults count once, not once per band.

An SS RTTY would be very interesting, just as the CW and Phone  
versions are.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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