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

[Jim Preston]

Dick,

What statements have been made by the ARRL that says they no longer 
consider RTTY a legitimate mode? I have seen nothing that indicates 
that. They are simply renaming the certificate to reflect what it has 
included for many years.

Jim N6VH


On 8/16/2011 9:13 AM, 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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