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

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> 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.

Renaming RTTY DXCC to "Digital" DXCC does not imply that RTTY is not a
legitimate mode - nor does it mean that ARRL need abandon RTTY as a
contest mode.  RTTY has - an will continue to be - the only effective
mode for digital contesting (the PSK contests sponsored by others are
a joke and the non-RTTY QSOs in RTTY Roundup are insignificant).

Renaming RTTY DXCC to Digital DXCC does nothing more than *recognize*
the award for what is has been for at least 25 years.  Other than CW,
*none* of the DXCC awards are "single mode" - RTTY has included AMTOR,
PACTOR, PACKET, PSK31, etc. for at long as those modes have been used
just as Phone has always included, AM, FM, SSB, and SSTV for as long
as each of those modes has been around.

Phone DXCC participants do not get the choice of a certificate that
says "AM", "LSB", "USB", "FM", or "SSTV" ... why are you so hung up
on a certificate that says "RTTY"?

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 8/16/2011 12:13 PM, DickT-W0RAA wrote:
> 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
>
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