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

[WS7I]

There have never been in the ARRL DXCC special certificates for the three
general awards, Phone, CW, and now Digital.  You can't get a SSB award nor a
AM award.  There aren't the resources for having multiple Honor Rolls.  Heck
its so bad now that the 2010 book is just now coming out.

DXCC is a money loosing proposition for the ARRL and in fact most ARRL
members don't even chase DX nor contest.

So yes a DXCC on AM would be as special as one on PSK31, but neither are now
available. Seems a lot of fuss about nothing, but I guess its time for a
SO3R discussion or something to fill the reflector up again.

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Bill, W6WRT <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:56:01 -0400, Al Kozakiewicz <akozak at hourglass.com>
> wrote:
>
> >To be deliberately provacative, there is zero degree of difference in
> >skill required to operate any of the asynchronous serial modes.
>
> REPLY:
>
> Yes and no. Top of the Honor Roll is doable on RTTY, on other digital modes
> it
> would be far more difficult. If someone has the persistence and dedication
> to
> achieve it with PSK or MFSK or something else, shouldn't they be able to
> receive
> a certificate that says so?
>
> If you take away the goal of that special certificate, you diminish the
> interest
> and activity of those who wish to pursue it. Is that good for Amateur
> Radio?
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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