[RTTY] New proposal for a Automated Digital Contest

[Joe Subich, W4TV via RTTY]

 > One question, is it legal for a automated station to beacon, i.e.
 > call CQ?

It's not a beacon (a one way transmission) if one is soliciting a
contact.  However, to be fair and set a good example, MMTTY and 2-Tone
would need to be extended to provide a "channel busy" signal to hold
off CQ transmissions or automatically QSY prior to a CQ if the
frequency was busy.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 4/19/2014 1:58 PM, Terry via RTTY wrote:
> Well my last proposal flopped big time but it spawned a very interesting
> thread on the history of RTTY RU and the amount of efforts spent in
> processing contesting results.    Thanks for all of the comments.
>
> So I am now thinking about proposing a new contest.  The contest would be
> used to study propagation.  The initial thoughts are somewhere along the
> line of a RTTY sprint contest but do it in a fully automated way.    Since
> its automated it should probably be done in the FCC sub-bands set aside for
> automated digital stations.    In order to do a proper study of propagation
> we probably need to run the contest 24 x 7.
>
> Both client and server software would need to be developed to support the
> contest.
>
> The client software would:
>
> 1.       Interface into MMTTY and 2-tone
>
> 2.       Initiate a contact or accept a contact and exchange the contest
> format
>
> 3.       Interact with a central server  logging QSO's/Scores
>
> 4.       Interact with a central server reporting the frequency the station
> is listing on
>
> 5.       Interact with the station radio to control the frequency
>
> The server software would:
>
> 1.       Take care of logging QSO's and scores
>
> 2.       Take care of sharing station operating frequencies
>
> 3.       Provide a FTP site where raw QSO data could be downloaded for folks
> interested in propagation studies
>
> 4.       Provide a web site that automatically summarizes and displays
> contest results
>
> Most of the software is fairly straight forward.   The hardest part would be
> providing support for radios that are not available for testing.
>
> Since the end goal is to collect propagation data, stations would be
> encouraged to run SO2R and even SO3R covering several bands at once.
>
> The results of the contest would be automated and published on the web site
> with weekly, monthly and yearly totals.   Perhaps we could get a sponsor for
> a few plaques for the yearly awards.
>
> One question, is it legal for a automated station to beacon, i.e. call CQ?
>
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>
> Thoughts?
>
> Terry   AB5K
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