[RTTY] FD RTTY Question

[Adrian Engele]

Here at the K9MOT FD site we tried RTTY for the first time and we found the rates were decent. 

Good enough were we S&P'ed for a while then switched to SSB and then CW; then back to RTTY. This kept a decent rate going at times.  


RTTY was productive enough that we did not even try PSK31. In my humble opinion PSK31 is too slow for contesting/FD. RTTY is much better suited for quick contacts. I printed many excellent operators on the air and requests for repeats were few.


Based on the post FD club feedback, RTTY will be back next year for our FD.

Hope everybody had a great time!  Mother nature blessed us with mild temperatures, fewer bugs and no rain!

73, Adrian AA5UK for K9MOT (Motorola Solutions Radio club)




>________________________________
> From: K9OR <k9or at comcast.net>
>To: rtty at contesting.com 
>Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 11:16 PM
>Subject: [RTTY] FD RTTY Question
> 
>After years of slowly but steadily increasing RTTY participation in FD,
>where was everyone this year?
>Our RTTY QSO's were about a third what they were a year ago - despite CQ/S&P
>on 20 and 40 during prime times.
>Propagation on 10/15 wasn't that great here compared to last year, but 20
>and 40 were FB.
>
>Do we need to do PSK instead for digital mode contacts? (Hope not...)
>
>73 Randy K9OR
>3A IL
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