[RTTY] RTTY AWARD

[WS7I]

As I indicated previously. "no dog in this but..."

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On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:55 AM, Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek at ifwtech.co.uk>wrote:

> Marc Chicoine wrote:
> >Why, after the huge upturn in worldwide RTTY contesting during the past
> >several years, would ARRL decide to eliminate the RTTY designation from
> >awards?  I suspect the Newington decision makers do not operate RTTY at
> >all.
>
>
> That simply isn't the point. The decision was driven *exclusively* by
> ARRL's policy that there will NO new categories or sub-category
> endorsements for DXCC awards.
>
> RTTY is not the first community within amateur radio to have hit this
> particular brick wall. From experience of another DXCC-related issue
> that caused a deep split within the world's moonbounce community, ARRL
> actually did understand the issues, they even understood how many people
> would be deeply and unjustly hurt by it; and that didn't change a thing.
> DXCC policy overrode everything and was totally immovable.
>
> And so it remains. In the present case, the only options available under
> DXCC policy were either to rename the existing "RTTY" category to
> "Digital", or to do nothing. Many will believe that was a false
> framework for decision-making; but that's how it was and the decision
> has been made.
>
> Any further sub-category endorsements would also be contrary to policy
> so (believe me, I've been there) you're wasting your time.
>
> Move along, people, it's over now... it really, really is.
>
>
> --
>
> 73 from Ian GM3SEK
> http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek
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