[ADXA] The RTTY count.

Thu Aug 12 01:25:48 EDT 2021

Hi Earl,Yes of course I should have said "is" instead of "was". My apologies to Jimbo.I do see Jim on a lot of bands especially the higher ones that I shouldn't see him on. I think it is on Backscatter? It's always a thrill for me to work him. I met Jim years ago when he lived Glenwood Arkansas. He always welcomed me to stop by after working long hours from places like Hope Arkansas back to Fort Smith. I don't miss the work, but I do you miss seeing Big Jim coming back home from work and at various hamfests. BTW, He knows some pretty good RTTY contesters in that new state of his.  One is Charlie ex KI5XP, now N5WE.  Then there is Don AA5AU.73 JaySent from my Galaxy
-------- Original message --------From: Earl <n5zm at n5zm.net> Date: 8/11/21  7:59 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: jayw5jay <jayw5jay at cox.net>, 'ADXA List' <adxa at mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [ADXA] The RTTY count. 
    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:
      
      
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          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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