[RTTY] Renaming RTTY RU & Rookie RU to Digital RU

[DickT-W0RAA]

Now that the "leaders" at the League have made the decision that RTTY is now 
Digital, are they going to rename the ARRL Rookie Roundup RTTY to ARRL 
Rookie Roundup Digital and also the ARRL RTTY Roundup to ARRL Digital 
Roundup?

That will allow PSK31, MFSK, JT65, Hell, and other "digital" modes to 
participate and they should rightfully be recognized as legitimate modes in 
these contests, because the ARRL has made the decision that RTTY is no 
longer a legitimate mode of communications and they should not be awarding 
certificates for an illegitimate mode of communication since it's no longer 
worthy of a certificate.  How can they call them RTTY Contests when, by ARRL 
definition, they are Digital Contests?

Why is it so difficult to have the word RTTY printed on a Certificate?  If a 
station works all states (WAS) in RTTY mode, that station should see RTTY as 
the mode on the certificate, not Digital.  This is a bad decision and I hope 
our wonderful leaders in Newington will reconsider this ill thought out 
decision.

Dick
W0RAA