[RTTY] RTTY and Field Day

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The Pre-Field Day discussion on this reflector,  about operating RTTY 
during FD,  got me to operate RTTY during FD  for the first time.  Participation 
was a lot better than I  expected.  I only operated FD for about 4 hours 
total, and switched back  and forth between CW & RTTY.  My plan was to operate 
RTTY until I  ran out of stations and then go back to CW for about 30 
minutes.  In total,  I only operated RTTY for about 90 minutes during FD and made 
90  qso's.  In conclusion, I enjoyed FD a lot more this year due  to the 
RTTY qso's!  I hope the ARRL will promote RTTY use during FD more  and more.
 
73,
Dick- K9OM   
 
 
 

> 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)

QSL on the comments about  PSK-31 vs. RTTY.  I tried to use PSK-31 and it 
was just too slow and very  frustrating where RTTY worked great. I noticed a 
big increase in the number of  FD stations running RTTY this year and I 
think this is a good thing.

I  learned something new doing an all digital FD regarding dup checks. I 
found one  QSO with the same call on 14 MHz for both PSK-31 and RTTY. Most 
software logging  programs (as well as the ARRL's LoTW) considers PSK-31 and 
RTTY as separate  modes and will not show them as dup. The ARRL DXCC Desk now 
says if it is not CW  or Phone, it is Digital.  We first saw the elimination 
of the RTTY DXCC by  the ARRL DXCC Desk and now that administrative policy 
decision seems to be  leaking over to contesting.

73 Dick  AA5VU







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