[RTTY] NEW! The 10-Meter RTTY Contest

[Kok Chen]

On May 26, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Ed Muns wrote:

> I love the ARRL 10-Meter Contest and would hate to choose
> between CW and RTTY.  I would probably do CW if forced. 

I work ARRL 10 Meter contest in Mixed mode QRP every once in a while.  

I would make a couple SSB contacts (just enough to be sure to get into other peoples' submitted logs) and then spend the rest of the time in CW.  

Why?  The top score for Mixed QRP is quite often lower than the top scores for CW only, especially in QRP.  Therefore, by spending just a couple of minutes making noises into a microphone, you can move your 50th place ranking in CW to 1st place in Mixed mode.

So, how would ARRL 10 Meter Mixed mode be defined if RTTY were added?  Is it {CW or RTTY} plus SSB, or is it CW plus {SSB or RTTY}?   If the choice is either of those, I would not choose to use RTTY for Mixed mode in that contest.

73
Chen, W7AY