[GreenKeys] 2016 RTTY Round Up Finished - Phew! (2nd Try)

[Paul Heller]

I wonder… imagine if the glass teletype folks in these contests would asked one another “yeah, but how may mechanical contacts did you make?” I would think it would be special to make a mechanical contact. We should encourage it somehow.

CQ CQ CQ MECHANICAL TTY DE WA6FWI is a good suggestion for that. 

Also during the QSO ask the other party “how often do you reach a mechanical TTY?” or "Put this one down in your log because contacts with a mechanical TTY are rare”, or something like that.


Paul
W2TTY


> On Jan 5, 2016, at 4:12 PM, W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com> wrote:
> 
> Let's put the TTY back in RTTY!
> 
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> From: GreenKeys [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of tony.podrasky
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 11:47 AM
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> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] 2016 RTTY Round Up Finished - Phew! (2nd Try)
> 
> Well, - RTTY stands for Radio TELETYPE.
> 
> I believe (YMMV) that only machines should be able to collect points during a RTTY contest.
> 
> Now if there is a DIGITAL contest, then everyone can participate and anyone could win.
> 
> Then again, some P-C'ers would have a problem with that concept...
> 
> UE,
> K2EAA - TONY
> NNNN
> ZCZC
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> 
> On 01/04/2016 07:44 AM, Jim Plummer via GreenKeys wrote:
>> It's good to see that someone has tried running working this contest 
>> with true TTY gear. Some years ago, I had brought up the idea of a 
>> "machine" class for the Round Up at the RTTY forum in Dayton.  If 
>> looks could kill....
>> 
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