[RTTY] ARRL Rookie Roundup RTTY warm-up exercise Thursday, August 18th

[Larry Gauthier (K8UT)]

The RTTY Rookie Roundup is a short (6 hours), low power (100 watts), contest 
aimed at newer (licensed three years or less) hams. Although all hams are 
invited to participate, commemorative certificates and awards are only 
available for Rookies. The fun starts on Sunday, August 20th at 18:00 utc. 
See the ARRL website ( http://www.arrl.org/rookie-roundup) for contest 
specifics.

For you RTTY old-timers, this contest is an opportunity to Elmer newer hams 
and introduce them to digital contesting. Somewhere in your circle of 
influence there must be a new ham who could use some help getting a RTTY 
station on the air... or maybe your shack could use a guest operator this 
weekend? ;-)

In preparation for the contest, Rookies and non-Rookies alike are invited to 
exercise their RTTY skills, macros, and computer logging software in an 
hour-long warm-up exercise on Thursday, August 18th at 9:00pm ET, 8:00pm CT, 
7:00pm CT, and 6:00pm PT (that's 01:00 utc on 8/19 for those of you who 
prefer zulu time). Check the ARRL bandplans for the most likely places to 
meet others who are practicing for the contest.

Hope to see you on my RTTY screen this weekend. 73!

-larry
K8UT