[PaQSO] RTTY in PQP 2005?

[K3YD at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/20/05 6:32:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, mr.mri at epix.net 
writes:

<< You are asked to vote YES or NO on including RTTY in the 2005 PQP >>
Perhaps I'm  confusing PAQP with another contest, but . . .
I thought that we already had provision for 1 digital signal, and 1 analog 
signal QSO with each station, per band.
SSB, of course, is the analog alternative and CW is the common digital mode.  
 So . . . why not use a digital mode other than CW?  It could make for a 
little more activity on Sunday afternoon, especially for the heretofore SSB only 
entrants.

WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SUGGEST  is that PAQP become a tri-mode contest with SSB 
and CW and a second digital mode.

Also, to avoid the "Tower of Babel" syndrome, I think a single machine 
decoded digital mode (i.e., Baudot RTTY) should be mandated.   We don't need 23 
different digital modes all bleating CQ's like lost lambs and working nobody.  
After all, the whole idea in a QSO party is to work other stations!

Don't look for me on RTTY, though.  My preferred digital mode is CW where I 
can achieve rates many times faster than RTTY can achieve.

73,  Blair k3yd