[RTTY] Is it just me?

[James Douglass]

All,

Is it just me or what.
  The largest growth area in amateur radio is digital modes and RTTY in 
particular. RTTY contest weekends are seeing more and more activity and 
new call signs scrolling across my screen.

The ARRL has this winter has created a firestorm among the digital 
community with RM -11708. To top this off the RTTY Forum at the Dayton 
Hamvention, which would bring together a large group of dedicated RTTY 
operators in the same room and hierarchy of ARRL in the same building, 
is cancelled. This is very odd to me and smells very much like ARRL 
pressure on the Hamvention people.
Occam's Razor immediately comes to my mind.

"when you have two competing theories that make exactly the same 
predictions, the simpler one is the better."

That the ARRL knows they have a big PR problem on their hands and it is 
gaining momentum and they are in damage control trying limit decent on 
this issue and marginalize those who are vocal (in this case us) critics 
of their actions.

ARRL Forum did not get cancelled as far as I know.

Looking forward to seeing many of you at the RTTY Dinner this year. I 
have my tickets... do you have yours?

73 - Jim AC0E
ARRL Life Member 8209245