[GreenKeys] RTTY RBN Statistics

[John Spigel]

Bill, thanks for the post regarding the RTTY  spots. The statistics for 
WPX RTTY would likely be greater. Lots of activity, but sadly only in 
the tests today. None in DxPeditions anymore.
Were computer to computer casual RTTY QSOs more common in the past? It 
seems ragchew QSOs have dropped significantly in all modes. How to 
encourage? Interest might be developed if more recognize that the old 
machines are still active. Perhaps bonus points in a few smaller 
contests for working stations running the old hardware. That would 
increase the awareness. A list of calls running old machines could be 
made available ahead of the contest. Might more idol machines be put to 
use? Might contest sponsors might like the idea?
Do the new ops know what CR/LF is?

73, John W1AN

On 29-Mar-24 17:26, William Wuttke wrote:
>
> Just for fun, I did an analysis of RBN RTTY spots for the recent BARTG 
> contest using the “DB Browser for SQLite”. RBN CSV files were easily 
> converted to SQLite tables. Here’s what I found:
>
>
> 39 RTTY spotters worldwide
>
> 21 RTTY spotters in NA
>
> 16 RTTY spotters in EU
>
> 2 RTTY spotters in OC
>
>
> There were a total of 292793 spots sent to RBN, consisting of 2185 
> individual callsigns (DX entities).
>
>
> 643 DX entities from NA
>
> 1251 DX entities from EU
>
> 59 DX entities from OC
>
> 45 DX entities from SA
>
> 148 DX entities from AS
>
> 39 DX entities from AF
>
>
> I just got my Red Pitaya running as a RTTY skimmer server and here are 
> my statistics:
>
>
> I sent a total of 3500 spots to RBN, consisting of 367 individual DX 
> entities.
>
>
> I wish a few more of these contesters would enjoy a "conversational" 
> QSO with the handful of us that do so regularly.
>
> 73,
> Bill
> KE3BK
>
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