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

[Michael Haack]

On 08/02/2011 9:42 PM, Al Kozakiewicz wrote:
> Out of curiousity, what's the benefit to you of calling PSK31 RTTY?  The only thing that's changed is the name of the award.  It has  been made representative of what the award is for.  Handing out an RTTY award for 100 PSK31 QSO's (which the ARRL has been doing for 20 or so years) and calling it the RTTY award would seem to disrespect a mode you want respected.
  As any number have suggested, Keep the RTTY DXCC and create a New 
"Digital" DXCC.
  RTTY is RTTY.
  Everything else, is Digital.

  And oddly, I wouldn't / didn't consider a QSL for other then RTTY, 
when I submitted my RTTY DXCC application.


> Like Abe Lincoln said - you can call a tail a leg, but a dog still has only 4 legs.
>
> And modes don't care what you call them or how you categorize them.  They are quite insentient!
>
> Al
> AB2ZY

  In which case, Eliminate ALL mode specific DXCC awards. We'll only 
have One, DXCC. 100 countries regardless of mode.
  I don't see that getting to far either...

73 Mike WB9B
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Andrei Stchislenok
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 10:20 PM
> To: Kok Chen
> Cc: RTTY Reflector
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Digital DXCC or ARRL Board of Directors, respectfully: have my strong disagreement
>
> Sorry - quite disagree. Means nonsense for me , regardless how many "more ARRL members that prefer...".
>
> I prefer not to appeal to the "crowd", prefer say from myself.
>
> Picture?? - photo shop has them a lot. 24 HR shops as well have "Pictures".
> No good as stand alone...
>
> PSK31?? - with due respect to this Young mode - it cannot replace Old but Good RTTY!
>
> 2011/8/2 Kok Chen<chen at mac.com>
>
>> On Aug 2, 2011, at 6:26 PM, Andrei Stchislenok wrote:
>>
>>> I would leave RTTY as it is and grouped all others digital modes
>>> into
>> "DIGITAL".
>>> WE have here: (and will die with them):
>>>
>>> CW,
>>>
>>> PHONE,
>>>
>>> RTTY,
>>>
>>> DIGITAL.
>> Redundant.  Unless you are arguing that RTTY is not a Digital mode?
>>
>> If you include a 4th award, I am sure there are more ARRL members that
>> prefer
>>
>> CW
>> PHONE
>> PSK31
>> DIGITAL.
>>
>> In any case, it makes much more sense to have
>>
>> CW
>> PHONE
>> PICTURE
>> DIGITAL.
>>
>> 73
>> Chen, W7AY
>> _______________________________________________
>> RTTY mailing list
>> RTTY at contesting.com
>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rtty
>>
>
>
> --
> 73's Andrei
> EW1AR-NP3D
> ----------------------------------------------------
> DXCC RTTY via LoTW only
> Who has what? - World Wide Rating
> Please visit: www.k4fo.com/cqrtty/
> _______________________________________________
> RTTY mailing list
> RTTY at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rtty
> _______________________________________________
> RTTY mailing list
> RTTY at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rtty
>