[RTTY] BARTG HSS? Re: High speed RTTY

[Fabi va2up]

John, 

there you go. 

 

73, Fabi va2up
 
> From: ska at bartg.org.uk
> To: plaws0 at gmail.com; rtty at contesting.com
> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:49:36 +0000
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] BARTG HSS? Re: High speed RTTY
> 
> There seems to be a bit of interest in the idea of a short high speed test 
> and I reckon we could give it a try, under certain conditions.
> 
> The first plain fact is that BARTG would need to see a few donations coming 
> in via the website / membership system. We have no fixed income and running 
> the existing contests already costs around £500 per annum. If we can get a 
> few of the 1000s who hit the website to make a small contribution then fine, 
> or maybe specific pledges from those interested towards trophies and postage 
> (the largest costs to us).
> 
> Then maybe a simple 'point and squirt' rate contest for a few hours with 
> similar rules to our existing Sprint test? If it was a 4 hour test, which 
> hours, bearing in mind the interest from W and G?
> 
> I will check mail on this when back from Norway on the 8th Feb.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> John GW4SKA
> BARTG Contest Manager
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Laws" <plaws0 at gmail.com>
> To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:50 PM
> Subject: [RTTY] BARTG HSS? Re: High speed RTTY
> 
> 
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 21:06, Fabi va2up <va2up at live.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >> Roger,
> >>
> >> I think Bartg represents a good international link amongst rttyers. Maybe 
> >> this would be a good opportunity to try something 'under Bartg banner' 
> >> that would most likely attract both NA as well as EU contesters. I have 
> >> to say this sounds very interesting I would be more than willing to try 
> >> an rtty HS contest. When do we start? After loosing Anarts there is an 
> >> open slot I think...
> >
> >
> > I, too, think it would be fun to try 75-baud RTTY, perhaps in a 4-h
> > sprint type of contest.
> >
> > How about the "BARTG High Speed Sprint"? :-)
> >
> > If enough people like it, surely someone will adopt it for a longer
> > 'test. Or, since it was noted that no contests *prohibit* 75-baud
> > speeds, adopt it in existing 'tests.
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!
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