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

[Kok Chen]

On Aug 16, 2011, at 1:57 PM, Brobakken, LA6FJA K3RAG wrote:

> But seems PSK31 and other modes are more worth than RTTY QSOes.

What makes you say that?

There is no special DXCC category for PSK31 either.  RTTY and PSK31 are both classified as digital modes and neither of them is worth more than the other.

Unless you are using a mechanical teletypewriter and an RTTY TU, operating RTTY today requires exactly the same skill set as operating PSK31 or Hellschreiber.  I'll bet that the RTTY software which you use even handles the RTTY LTRS/FIGS shifting for you.

For the RTTY purist, the Mainline TT/L-2 article and schematics can be found in the May and June 1969 issues of QST. You don't even have to learn how the newfangled transistors work -- the TT/L uses tubes.  

73
Chen, W7AY