[Elecraft] RTTY

[Bill Frantz]

IMHO, all the things we normally do in amateur radio are 
justified under one or more of the sectuib 97.1 Basis and purpose.

Contests simulate emergency communications, where getting a 
message (the contest exchange) through accurately and quickly is 
very important. I enter several contests a year, and retreat to 
the WARC bands when I don't want to play in a contest.

DXing builds operator skill in pulling information out of very 
weak signals. It also supports an amazing number of 
international trips to put rare entities on the air. I chase DX 
and dream of getting to be a good enough operator to join a 
DXpedition. I think Nigel Jolly would agree that amateur radio 
has helped build international understanding.

Rag chewing builds operator skills, as well as ensuring that 
people's equipment is still working. I like a good rag chew and 
I have been known to chat back and forth for 15 minutes to 1/2 
an hour on PSK-31. (Note that as a retired software guy, I can 
type reasonably well.)

I could go on and on, but you get the picture.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 3/15/17 at 5:44 PM, KX3 at ColdRocksHotBrooms.com (Lynn W. 
Taylor, WB6UUT) wrote:

>I was told that basically there was no place for ragchewing in Amateur Radio -- no place at all.
>
>97.1(e) says there is a place for a good ragchew.  Not sure 
>where contesting comes in, but I'll stipulate that it can be 
>fit into 97.1 somewhere.

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