[ADXA] The RTTY count.

[Earl]

Jay, don't forget Frank W5BPT his numbers are identical to mine.

Also Jim WB5AAA   IS   still into RTTY not was!!  Hi Hi. Of course I see 
him on FT8 also.

Earl..


On 8/11/2021 5:53 PM, jayw5jay wrote:
> Hi Earl,
>  RTTY accomplishments like yours and other ADXA members I don't think 
> will never be achieved again. I sure hope you get those last three. 
> That would be super cool.
>
> I remember when San first got on RTTY he just using canned messages he 
> set up on his Icom transceiver. I am not sure if he ever even hooked 
> up a keyboard to that radio?
>
> Another member that loved RTTY DXing was Jim WB5AAA.
>
> 73 Jay
>
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my Galaxy
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Earl <n5zm at n5zm.net>
> Date: 8/11/21 2:59 PM (GMT-06:00)
> To: Jay Bromley <jayw5jay at cox.net>, 'ADXA List' <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ADXA] The RTTY count.
>
> Nice to hear all the chatter about RTTY. Always been my first love.
>
> Totals here now are: 341 Total and 337 Current. All are RTTY not any 
> "WSJT" modes for new ones.
>
> Of course hoping to catch the remaining 3 on RTTY. Maybe -Maybe not.
>
> Still need Bouvet Island, Crozet Island and Scarborough Reef.
>
> BUT currently I have 280 worked with 268 confirmed with WSJT Modes. 
> For whatever that is worth!! ;-))
>
> No brag - just fact. ("Walter Brennan")
>
> 73, Earl N5ZM..
>
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>
>
>
> On 8/10/2021 10:01 PM, Jay Bromley wrote:
>>
>> Hi San,
>>
>> Those RTTY confirmations of yours are pretty darn good totals!  In 
>> fact you blew by my overall DXCC stats for a while.  I will never 
>> catch up to you on RTTY which is now the Digital Award.  I might some 
>> day on using other digital modes like FT8, but I have a long ways to 
>> go!  I didn’t do many band/modes when I first started DXing in the 
>> 90s, but I loved to do RTTY contests.  Now I wished I had push hard 
>> on that mode as well.  Even with FT8 I think I am only hovering 
>> around 250 confirmed on Digital?  Most of that was RTTY doing 
>> contests or chasing DXexpeditions.
>>
>> I do have the RTTY DXCC and it is a very nice award!  It is around 
>> here somewhere, but can’t seem to find it since the move to NWA.  If 
>> I remember right was signed by Joel, which was cool to me.  I always 
>> enjoy getting paper signed by them, from the big guns, while guys are 
>> the ARRL president. 😊  The new paper awards are simply fantastic!  I 
>> don’t know who designed the ones with the Blue background, but they 
>> are worth getting IMHO.
>>
>> BTW, I think Charles W5JE down in Fort Smith got over the Honor Roll 
>> mark when it was RTTY DXCC award?  If he didn’t he was very close!  
>> That was a nice accomplishment since that mode (RTTY) doesn’t have 
>> the weak signal ability like WSJT-X modes!  Plus filtering was 
>> everything on that mode!
>>
>> 73 de jay..
>>
>>
>>
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