[RTTY] Is it just me?

[Don AA5AU]

Jim wrote:

"I was thinking maybe a Dayton style button with RM-11708 on it with the red circle and diagonal line through it wearing that would generate 
plenty of heartburn and create conversation with the uninformed . "

Actually I think this is an EXCELLENT idea. It would be even better to have t-shirts made with the emblem on the front. I don't plan on going to Dayton but if I did, I certainly would be wearing the t-shirt and/or button.

73, Don AA5AU



>________________________________
> From: Jim AC0E <ham at odsgc.net>
>To: ws7ik7tj at gmail.com; rtty at contesting.com; ww3s at zoominternet.net 
>Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 6:39 AM
>Subject: Re: [RTTY] Is it just me?
> 
>
>Jay, Jamie & group,
>
>I have no problem believing someone just dropped the ball. With the 
>uproar the past year concerning RTTY/Digital, ARRL, and the fiasco that 
>RM-11708 has turned into I think a reasonable person ( I just love that 
>lawyer phrase of my ex/wife the lawyer) could see very small chasm to 
>bridge. I stand corrected.
>
>I will say for the record (love that one also!) that Amateur Radio is 
>more than "just a hobby" for me and many many of my fellow Amateurs.
>
>I was thinking maybe a Dayton style button with RM-11708 on it with the 
>red circle and diagonal line through it wearing that would generate 
>plenty of heartburn and create conversation with the uninformed . 
>Especially while wearing my call sign shirt and ARRL Life Member badge.. 8-)
>
>73 -- Jim AC0E
>ac0e at arrl dot net
>
>On 4/15/2014 10:02 AM, Jay WS7I wrote:
>>
>> The RTTY forum wasn't cancelled at all. Someone failed to renew it.  
>> That has happened before and Shelby K4WW can tell you what an effort 
>> it is to make sure to get on the Dayton list every year.  Dale Sinner 
>> before him.  All of this stuff is new to someone and its just a hobby 
>> and it didn't get done.
>>
>> Conspiracy theories indeed. And the Razor is right.  "the simpler one 
>> is the better" someone just forgot.
>>
>> Its just like the RTTY dinners, when someone was doing the hotel, the 
>> dinners, the forum for guys it was a huge success.  Once those people 
>> stopped so did all but the forum which Shelby kept going for years.  
>> Thanks Shelby!
>>
>> Everyone should enjoy the new RTTY dinner and thank those that put in 
>> the work to do it all.  Tell all of them thank you.
>>
>> Wish I was going to be there. W7RY just get on a earlier flight!
>>
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