[RTTY] RTTY DXCC

[Bill, W6WRT]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Thu, 4 Aug 2011 12:51:49 -0700, WS7I <ws7ik7tj at gmail.com> wrote:

>Database doesn't track mode.  All are lumped as RTTY.  Not only that, the
>early cards in the Don Search era don't have mode or band or anything.
>
>Easier with LOTW, but the fields of mode are not there.  You would need 30
>or so modes, SSB, AM, FM, SlowScan, Clover, Clover2000, Pactor, Pactor II,
>Pactor3, Pactor4, and on and on and on and on.

REPLY:

Agreed that the older cards may or may not have the correct mode information. We
would have to go with whatever is there. We are already tracking 330+ countries
and endless prefixes which change all the time. Tracking 30 or so modes would be
a piece of cake. 

73, Bill W6WRT