Topband: FT-8 Contest would be great for Topband

[Gary Smith]

I protested to the ARRL regarding RTTY 
being classified as digital. I suppose in 
some perverse way it is digital but my 
comments to the League was to keep RTTY 
separate from the digital awards and 
create a separate award for  Digital.

I suggested if their goal was to increase 
participation on the allocated frequencies 
and, make money with increased 
applications for awards, they should 
create a separate DXCC and keep RTTY 
separate from Digital.

As I'm a General Factotum, my thoughts 
mean nothing so it was not implemented and 
I suspect it never will be.

Ah well, meet the old boss, same as the 
old boss...

73,

Gary, the ignored.

KA1J

> >Modes over last 2 hours
> 
> Some may say this is nit picking but to me it is important:
> 
> MOST of those so called modes listed are NOT different modes of
> transmission, they are digital protocols.  A mode of transmission is a
> method for altering a RF carrier so it conveys information.   CW is a
> mode.  So is AM.  Spark is not a mode; it is an altogether different
> way of generating RF.  FSK is a mode.
> 
> With most computer generated digital data transmissions, the method is
> the same; only the digital protocol changes.  Therefore, they are not
> separate discrete modes.  Let's not aggrandize computer generated
> transmission--a lot of digital stuff is one mode, but many different
> formats or protocols.
> 
> 73
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
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