[RTTY] Looks like I won't get RTTY DXCC afterall

[David VE3VID]

Quite right Ron.  Adding Digital DXCC category without deleting RTTY category would have had a better outcome.    
I wonder though, will there be an endorsement sticker to represent DXCC done solely on RTTY.

http://www.ve3vid.webs.com/


> From: rkolarik at neb.rr.com
> To: ve3vid at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Looks like I won't get RTTY DXCC afterall
> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:27:46 -0500
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> The question I asked on the DXCC forum
> 
> Was there any chance for input on this decision from the amateur
> community at large?
> 
> and the answer I got
> 
> The change was not so much to encourage other digital modes as to recognize that they 
> are increasingly being used, and that they count toward RTTY DXCC. If Phone DXCC 
> originally had been called AM DXCC there would have had to have been a similar 
> transition at some point as SSB came into use. As for additional awards, speaking just 
> for myself I'm glad that DXpeditions aren't pressured to work the same guys over and 
> over on the whole gamut of digital modes, thus reducing the chances of "little guns" 
> to make one QSO.
> 
> Input from the ARRL membership is via the DX Advisory Committee, whose members are 
> appointed by the division directors.
> Dave, K1ZZ
> 
> I don't remember the change being put up anywhere and I suspect it was to quiet the 
> ops that were complaining of not
> having a DXCC to reflect their mode of choice.  I think the ARRL missed an opportunity 
> to add a Digital DXCC award
> with endorsements for each mode but that's just me.
> 
> 73,
> Ron
> K0IDT
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David VE3VID" <ve3vid at hotmail.com>
> To: <w0mu at w0mu.com>; "RTTY contest group" <rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 8:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Looks like I won't get RTTY DXCC afterall
> 
> 
> >
> > Is the ARRL aware of the upset this is causing?Was there any member consultation 
> > prior to the change?A quick look over the official rules looks like PSK and Packet 
> > were previously allowed for RTTY certificates.Clearly only a concern for the 
> > dedicated RTTY op, so how much of a voice do we really have?
> >
> > David
> >
> > http://www.ve3vid.webs.com/
> >
> >
>