[RTTY] Comments by K4SBZ.. (JT65/JT9)

[Dave Greig]

I personally run many of the Digital modes and have been a long time RTTY
operator.

But, This is the same argument that we RTTY'er have when there is a CW
contest.....  By thw way I don't work many CW contest ... not because I
don't know cw but my ears start to ring after a while... I guess it's old
age creeping in.

End Soap Box...
73' HNY.

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On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Phil Cooper <pcooper at guernsey.net> wrote:

> Stan and the group,
>
> I have to disagree with your statement about us being of a limited mindset!
>
> My opinion is that most RTTY users will have tried, and probably use, many
> of the digital modes going.
> Many of us have tried most of them that have been created, and some have
> lasted, some have not.
>
> By contrast, many PSK users have NEVER tried anything else, and to an
> extent, this also applies to users of JT65.
>
> I have worked many of the members of this forum on PSK, JT65, and other
> exotic modes, (including CW!), as many RTTY ops have been using RTTY since
> the days of the Creed, and have gradually changed over to computer based
> RTTY.
> Many, and this incudes me, used various TU's that allowed us to try all of
> the then-current digital modes such as PacTor, AmTor and RTTY.
> In the 80's, I had QSO's on all of these modes.
> Some of that changed when MMTTY came along, as it was simply so much better
> at decoding RTTY.
> We are also used to PC's and interfacing, so that is one reason why you
> will
> have better QSO match rates on LoTW with RTTY ops.
>
> If you look at the cluster for any length of time, you will see loads of
> PSK
> spots marked as RTTY, simply because a lot of these folk simply do not
> understand the difference.
> I've even seen JT65A marked as RTTY.
>
> My main bug is why the JT65 group are so intent on hammering us RTTY ops
> during a contest, yet appear so quiet when there is a CW contest on.
>
> HNY all
>
> Phil GU0SUP
>
>
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