[RTTY] North American QSO Party, RTTY

[Ed Muns]

NAQP RTTY manager K6UFO reads this reflector and I'm confident will make a sound decision on the issue. 

73,
Ed W0YK
On Jul 13, 2015 11:13 AM, Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In an era where 10W radios using external amps to get to 100W is much more 
> common than even a few years ago, I think removing the rule makes sense. I 
> suggest a petition of some sort, a polite letter from many hams. 73 jeff 
> wk6i 
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 9:40 AM, john <w8wej at citynet.net> wrote: 
>
> > Tom, they went through all of this last year on the rtty reflector--some 
> > one contacted the powers to be and they said that "would check in to it"-- 
> > heard nothing  since...until after the test and the same thread will kick 
> > in again 
> > IMO , a dumb rule-- if you are not going to submit any logs to them,,,, Id 
> > run it at 100 wts wid amp--   I run my 590 at 55 wts or so in rtty tests 
> >  this mostly in s&p 
> > gl 73 john 
> > 
> > On 7/13/2015 4:26 PM, Tom Osborne wrote: 
> > 
> >> There had been some talk in the past about allowing the use of amplifiers 
> >> in the NAQP RTTY test since lots of radios can't run 100 watts key down for 
> >> long periods of time. 
> >> 
> >> I know my TS-450's won't run 100 watts continuously on RTTY so I have the 
> >> choice of running higher power and take a chance of frying the radio or 
> >> doing what the manual says and run 40 - 45 watts.  Yeah I know - buy new 
> >> radios.  Not gonna happen :-) 
> >> 
> >> With all the 200 and 400 watt radios out there, this rule seems moot.  Is 
> >> someone with a 200 or 400 watt radio less likely to cheat than someone with 
> >> an amp set to 100 watts?  Just curious about the rationale for the rule.  73 
> >> Tom W7WHY 
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