[RTTY] NS RTTY Sprint

[Thom]

Folks,

I am retired and have more time on my hands than you can imagine.  I do 
not do the Sprints because I just simply forget they are even running.  
Besides I do not like the QSY rules.

With the lousy propagation we are currently experiencing, I do not think 
I am missing much.

73


Thom KI8W


On 5/16/2017 13:07, Kermit (aka Ken) via RTTY wrote:
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>   
> In a message dated 2017-05-14 2:10:53 P.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,
> tshoppa at gmail.com writes:
>
> Ken K6MR  writes:
>
>> I'm not sure what the breakdown of working/retired folks  is on the
>> morning/afternoon CWTs, but except for a few that have noted  they operate
>> from work (VE9AA in his car, for example) I'd bet most  are retired. So
> that
>> limits an already small group. I know two of our  most active stations are
>> work constrained during the day.  As I  noted in a previous post, VE2FK
>> asked publically about a daytime  CWT-style RTTY session and no one
>> responded. If we wanted to have a  standard contest style session, that
>> would definitely be the way to  go. Something completely separate from NS,
>> sort of like what they did  with the Tuesday night Fone  Fray.
>>
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> There's a lot of activity in all three Wednesday CWops events and many of
> the ops must be retired.  The RTTY community is smaller but seems  to be
> growing rapidly.  Plus there's considerable overlap.  At some  point there will
> a critical mass large enough to support CWops style weekly  mini-contests.
> Maybe there already is.
>   
> RTTY sprint style operating is a very small niche interest.   Among my
> circle of RTTY friends, not one is interested.
>   
> RTTY is primarily a contest mode.  There's very little RTTY  weekday
> operating.  DXing for new ones is a miniscule part of it.   There is a surprising
> amount of RTTY Special Event operations for the prefix  chasers.
>   
> Since the code requirement was dropped, new hams on HF tend to gravitate
> toward SSB and digital modes, mostly PSK and JT65/JT9.  These folks  should
> be good recruits for RTTY contesting.  PSK has never become a  major
> contesting mode.  Try to imagine a JT65 contest.
>   
> 73,
> Ken, AB1J
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