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

[Kok Chen]

On Aug 2, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:

> Remember, "Phone" includes AM,
> SSB. FM, SSTV, DV and FSTV.

Precisely.  

"Phone" appears to be the euphemism for all modes that encode non-textual information (speech, pictures, etc). 

"CW" is distinct from "Phone" because it represents textual information, but is meant for non-textual (usually aural) decoding.

The remaining group (what W9OL very correctly pointed out as "not CW nor Phone") are the "digital modes," which also encodes textual information and but unlike "CW," they are decoded by machine back into textual information.

You can call this last group anything you like.  But to call it "RTTY" is plain wrong, since most of the "not CW nor Phone" transmissions today are not even made in RTTY any more.

73
Chen, W7AY