[RTTY] 5-Band RTTY WAS

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Bob,

> I think it's time to petition the ARRL again, but this time 
> for the 5-Band RTTY WAS award. I'll check to see what the 
> process is and make an attempt to get 5BWAS RTTY as another 
> award. You suggestions will be appreciated. I have never 
> attempted anything like this so I've got some learning to do! 

Not to be a heretic but why should there be a 5BWAS RTTY when 
the rules say: 
   "There are no specialty 5 Band awards or endorsements." 

That means there is no 5BWAS-Phone, 5BWAS-CW or even "5BWAS- 
standing on your head."  

You are really asking that the entire 5B WAS award be redesigned 
to support specialty awards and endorsements.  I do not think that 
the Awards Committee wants to get into setting rules/criteria for 
specialty awards or the added burden of specialized card checking 
and record keeping. 

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 




> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert Chudek - K0RC
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 2:34 PM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] 5-Band RTTY WAS
> 
> 
> There never was a RTTY Honor Roll for DXCC either until Jules 
> - W2JGR/Ø (sk) 
> petitioned the ARRL to create this category.
> 
> Here's what he said in his biography:
> 
> "RTTY DXCC HONOR ROLL
> 
> One achievement, of which I am most satisfied during this 
> period was my 
> successful petition to the ARRL for establishment of the RTTY 
> Honor Roll. 
> RTTY had been finally recognized as a legitimate DXCC mode some years 
> before. When Gin, JA1ACB, one of the world's foremost RTTYers 
> reached Honor 
> Roll level, the ARRL recognized it under "Mixed" category. This 
> disappointment drove Gin off the air for several years. The 
> first vote on 
> the petition by the DX Advisory Committee failed because it 
> was tied into 
> another unrelated item which clearly needed to be defeated. 
> Subsequently the 
> petition was voted on in its own right. DXAC ballots were 
> returnable to the 
> committee chairman, Charlie, KY0A on November 29, 1993 (my 
> 76th birthday!). 
> RTTY Honor Roll finally came into its own. I tried to 
> convince JA1ACB to 
> reapply but he chose not to. My good friend Luciano, I5FLN, 
> became the first 
> to qualify. By September 1996 only seven had achieved this 
> level. At this 
> writing in the fall of 1997, I believe this number has grown 
> to about 12."
> 
> 
> I can't remember whether Jules achieve Honor Roll, but he was 
> only 2 short 
> when he wrote this in 1997. I do know he was presented with 
> the "Lifetime 
> Achievement Award" for his 70 years of amateur radio commitment.
> 
> I think it's time to petition the ARRL again, but this time 
> for the 5-Band 
> RTTY WAS award. I'll check to see what the process is and 
> make an attempt to 
> get 5BWAS RTTY as another award. You suggestions will be 
> appreciated. I have 
> never attempted anything like this so I've got some learning to do!
> 
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
> 
> 
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> > To: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>, <rtty at contesting.com>
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> >
> >> Since I've n"ever submitted for 5BWAS, I will do so as 
> soon as I get
> >> Phil's confirmation. " Too bad the award is not mode specific!"
> >
> >
> >>
> >> 73, Don AA5AU
> >
> > Yes is too bad.  I was up to 240 before I found out there 
> was no mode
> > specific WAS award.  :(
> > I finished 5BWAS up on CW and made the submision.   But 
> congrats on your
> > great achievement!
> >
> > 73 Buddy WB4M
> >
> > 
> 
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