[RTTY] Digital DXCC or ARRL Board of Directors, respectfully: have my strong disagreement

[Terry Dunlap]

How about a Digital DX Award with a RTTY endorsement?  One award with 
the endorsement option for those of us who prefer ALL RTTY.

73 de Terry KK6T

On 8/2/2011 4:23 PM, Peter Laws wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 18:10, David VE3VID<ve3vid at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>> Would it not be simpler to have a digital mode DXCC for those who wish to use all dig modes for their DXCC, and leave a category for RTTY DXCC since it is as you have said a historical mode?  This is one of the reasons I like RTTY above PSK. And FYI I am an ARRL member. I think all of the RTTY awards should be preserved as is.
> I would prefer to keep the RTTY award ...  but .... to add another
> mode award (i.e. one for Digital, one for RTTY) will dilute the DXCC
> "brand".  Some will say "continue to dilute" given that the WARC band
> and even the other band awards aren't all that old.
>
> Look at WAS - there are so many band, mode, and band-mode awards that
> it's very nearly impossible for *HQ* to keep track.
>
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