[RTTY] Rtty contest when Cw contest is on also

[Mike K9MI]

I have a friend who is an avvid cw contester, and he operates in the low 
power class. He's upset over the recent band changes on 80 meters that 
squeezes us altogether, I think like a lot of us our. His opinion of Rtty 
contesters is that we don't listen, and he doesn't see any skill in it and 
that we are just like people in an internet chat room. He said there are way 
too many Rtty contests now because anybody with a pc and a sound card can 
get on.

I try to express the fact that there is a lot more to it then that, and due 
to tight filtering, maybe we do transmit on top of them sometimes due to the 
tight filtering and try to assure him that must be the problem. and Rtty 
contesters aren't going to intentionally going to interfere with him or any 
other cw operator. I work some of the cw contest, but I'll have to admit 
that 30 wpm cw is tough for me. I can't do voice contest very well anymore 
due to a 3 year voice problem that the doctors have pretty much gave up on, 
so I have joined the ranks of Rtty contesting also. I'm not all that great 
at it either, but I do what I can.

Is his opinion of Rtty contesters common, or does he just not understand 
that there is indeed a lot more to Rtty Contesting then just reading it off 
a screen? I don't ever see him changing his mind, so should I just bite my 
tongue and let it go in one ear and out the other?

73, Mike K9MI