[RTTY] ARRL RTTY

[David Levine]

No, I didn't mean DX. I copy/pasted from Hank's email.

As for it being a DX contest, in my local club is a pretty well known RTTY
op. He always kicks my butt but he has multiple radios, amps and beams and I
have a single radio running 100w into a G5RV wire antenna. This past
weekends contest when we met just after it ended at our local clubs monthly
meeting, I had more logged Q's then he did. I was amazed! But, he had more
points then me because he had more DX mults. So year, it's a US competition
but with you having only ~60+ US/Canadian mults, to do well you need DX
contacts. And that's something I am aware of for next year. It's just my 2nd
RU and really 2nd year on HF so I'm learning as I go and trying to remember
what to pay attention to.

David - K2DSL

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:50 PM, James Colville <jimw7ry at gmail.com> wrote:

> David...
> You say the Roundup is a DX contest. I disagree. It's a stateside contest
> just because of the rate.  It's a DX contest in that countries are
> multipliers.
> 73
> Jim W7RY
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 5:26 PM, David Levine <david at levinecentral.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hank,
> >
> > If SO2R at times is advantageous, then it's advantageous. Not making it a
> > different category based on some of the reasons below is like saying that
> > using a packet spotting network and being assisted shouldn't be a
> different
> > category because...
> >
> > 1) I got focused on running rate and didn't look for needed mults.
> >
> > 2) There were SO1R stations who bested my score and they were on the west
> > coast or in the southwest let alone be on the east
> > coast. Nothing beats location and aluminum high in the air for
> performance
> > results in a DX contest.
> >
> > If #1 is true, then turn off the 2nd radio and be a SO1R operator. If you
> > feel it's not an advantage to using a 2nd radio then why waste the
> > electricity?
> >
> > David - K2DSL
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Hank Lonberg <kr7x1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Jim and others:
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > As far as a separate class for SO2R I don't agree that this is
> > > a valid argument, should there be a WPM limit in CW Mode or
> > > classes for say LT 15 wpm > 40 wpm. The push to level the
> > > playing field will not help the geographic or antenna farm
> > > advantage not to mention propagation. One can, with the proper
> > > radio, do SO2V and almost have the same preceived advantage of
> > > S/P on the second VFO while running the other VFO. In this
> > > case, there is only 1 radio. Let us allow for the innovation
> > > and growth of the technology of the mode and stop wishing for
> > > mechanical RTTY machines to make a come back.
> > >
> > > I operated SO2R and admit that at certain times it was
> > > advantageous, and for about the same time, a disadvantage. I
> > > got focused on running rate and didn't look for needed mults.
> > > There were SO1R stations who bested my score and they were on
> > > the west coast or in the southwest let alone be on the east
> > > coast. Nothing beats location and aluminum high in the air for
> > > performance results in a DX contest.
> > >
> > > <snip>
> >  >
> > > Ciao and 73
> > >
> > > Hank / KR7X
> > >
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