[RTTY] "RTTY Sweepstakes" 1960-1975

[Ryan Noguchi]

 >From 1960-1975 or so QST announced and showed results for the >"World-Wide RTTY Sweepstakes"....>For at least the later years, they used a "zone chart" to attempt to
>compute scores based on distance. I reproduce the 1974 zone chart and rules
>here:  http://n3qe.org/rttyss1974.png

>The distance-based points they used in the zone chart kinda reminds me of
>current Makrothen.

>Tim N3QE


That zone chart lives on today in the Volta RTTY Contest. 

http://www.contestvolta.it/point%20table.htm


73, Ryan AI6DO