[GreenKeys] RTTY Roundup Electromechanical Overlay for 2019

[Jeff Stai]

OK - I want to clarify:

- This was something that W5DT and I decided. I admit that perhaps we
should have discussed it here first and I apologize for not doing that.

- I also apologize for not responding to WA3FRP right away. Work is.

- The ARRL doesn't care either way. I can ask them to put it back in, but
the QST ship has sailed, and...

- Fundamentally this group is the community of participants in this overlay.

- If you all want to do the overlay again I'm am totally okay with it. At
the end of the day it really is up to me since I present the results, and I
am very happy to do this. We don't actually need anything in the rules to
do this.

- Frankly I think having this overlay again will be a fun counterpoint to
all the FT8 giddiness going on now (The FT8 mode has been added to the
Roundup list of allowed modes.)

OK? - 73 jeff wk6i



On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 6:25 PM Steve Garrison <steve.n4tty at gmail.com>
wrote:

> What seems really strange about this is what I hear so many times from the
> "old timers" about how all this new "digital stuff" just isn't "real ham
> radio."  This from the same folks that use a computer to emulate a real
> TTY, and they look down their noses at those of us that want to still use
> the real thing.  And now after one year that aren't going to include a real
> TTY category.  Just the "fake" stuff
>
> Steve G./N4TTY
> i-Telex: 30083
>
> On Oct 21, 2018, at 8:09 PM, Wa3frp via GreenKeys <
> greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Thanks for your reply and explanation.  If I were to take the lead and
> sponsor the award going forward, is it too late to have the
> Electromechanical Overlay officially supported and advertised for 2019?
> Sorry to be late on this but I just saw the 2019 rules and was surprised
> that our Heavy Metal overlay was dropped after just one year. For example,
> CW  has held a Straight Key night for years and I feel that it would be
> great to have something similar for our Heavy Metal teleprinters.
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> Russ - WA3FRP
> wa3frp at aol.com
> i-Telex 834328 WUTMPAM CHIL
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com>
> To: Wa3frp <wa3frp at aol.com>
> Cc: greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sat, Oct 20, 2018 2:53 pm
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] RTTY Roundup Electromechanical Overlay for 2019
>
> hi Russ - I consulted with W5DT and his feeling was to drop it, so I asked
> ARRL/QST to remove it. In hindsight perhaps it would have been better to
> poll this group about it. I apologize for not doing that.
>
> That said, if you submit your results for 2019 using the 2018 overlay,
> that goes to me, and I won't ignore it! Please do also send me your
> story/notes for the results article. I'll send out details before and after
> the contest.
>
> The overlay last year was promoted here, in facebook groups, and was
> mentioned in QST on the contest announcement page. That's about all you can
> do with no ad budget. ;)
>
> And I'm afraid very little in the way of contest results gets printed in
> QST these days. The overlay results do appear in the online full results on
> page 4:
> http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ContestResults/2018/2018%20RTTY%20Roundup%20-%20Full%20Results%20-%20Version%201_2.pdf
>
> ARRL is often quite slow in getting plaques done. You can always contact
> w9jj at arrl.org to find out the status.
>
> 73 jeff wk6i
>
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 5:40 AM Wa3frp via GreenKeys <
> greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> I am disappointed as it appears that the 2019 ARRL RTTY Roundup Contest
> Rules do not reference an Electromechanical Overlay. Is this an oversight?
>  If not, let me note that there was very little promotion of the Overlay
> other than via Greenkeys AND there was no mention of the Overlay that I can
> find in the contest results printed in QST.
>
> What happens if we submit our results for 2019 using the 2018 overlay?  Do
> we get ignored?
>
> Finally, I never received my plaque that W5DT sponsored.  What happened
> there???
>
> Thanks and 73
>
> Russ - WA3FRP
> wa3frp at aol.com
> i-Telex 834328 WUTMPAM CHIL
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