[RTTY] 160 meter RTTY Contest + Makrothen/LoTW

[J.G.Castellano]

Whoever organizes this LoTW contest is really lacking in common sense.

73,
Julio VE3FH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Cooper" <pcooper at guernsey.net>
To: "RTTY" <rtty at contesting.com>; <ARRL-LOTW at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Oct 09, 2007 09:16
Subject: Re: [RTTY] 160 meter RTTY Contest + Makrothen/LoTW


> Hi all,
>
> Perhaps I mis-read it somewhere, but wasn't the TA contest 160m only???
>
> Also, re the Makrothen contest being on at the same time as the LoTW
> contest:
> I shall operate the Makrothen contest, and will expect the exchange for
that contest.
>
> It is naive of those who thought up the LoTW contest to place it on the
same
> weekend as a well established contest and then expect participation,
> especially from regular RTTY ops.
> I guess newcomers to the mode (especially some of those that took part in
> CQWW, maybe for the first time) will get rather confused by it all!
>
> I don't know the figures, but I wonder what percentage of all LoTW users
are
> RTTY ops?
> And how many of those RTTY ops would miss out on the Makrothen??
>
> Also, given the fact that when the first LoTW contest was announced, they
> made it clear RTTY wasn't included, and then to come up with an
already-used
> date seems rather daft.
>
> As Shelby said, perhaps the LoTW contest organisers could use the same
> exchange as the Makrothen?
>
> See you all in the Makrothen!
>
> 73 de Phil GU0SUP
>
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