[RTTY] RTTY DXCC Startup date?

[joeduerbusch]

Jay is correct about the dates.  But I believe only RTTY contacts from
November 1, 1976 forward counts towards RTTY DXCC.  The CW/PHONE guys who
had worked everything,  jumped on the RTTY bandwagon as a way to start over
on a new DXCC.  Without that rule change, RTTY as we know it would have
never grown.
Hope to see everyone at the RTTY Dinner in Dayton next month.

Joe K0BX
RTTY Honor Roll with only 5 left.



On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Jay WS7I <ws7ik7tj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sure can Don.  July 1976 the ARRL announced a RTTY DXCC to be started on
> November 1, 1976.  In July of 1984 they started endorsing as the first was
> only for 100 cards. And the RTTY Honor Roll on December 1993.
>
> Source _RTTY Journal_ Volume 24, Nr 7.
>
> 73 Jay WS7I
>
>
>
> On 4/29/2014 9:54 AM, Don AA5AU wrote:
>
>> Can anyone tell me when the ARRL started the RTTY DXCC award?
>>
>> I know contacts dated back to 1945 count for RTTY DXCC, but I'm trying to
>> determine when the award first started.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Don AA5AU
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