[SADXA] Fwd: Requesting change in DXCC Program

[Richard Solomon]

I missed that e-mail, but I agree with Wes. I would
like to see RTTY separate from the other Digital Modes.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 8:22 AM Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:

> FYI.  So far only one reply from W9JJ.
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:        Requesting change in DXCC Program
> Date:   Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:34:34 -0700
> From:   Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org>
> To:     K6FG at arrl.net
> CC:     k5uz at arrl.org, w9jj at arrl.org, staratula at arrl.org
>
>
>
> Dear Mark, et.al.
>
> I have been DXing since I became a ham in 1958, although I didn't formally
> join
> the DXCC program until 1981.  I have the 5-Band DXCC award, as well as
> endorsements for 160, 30, 17 and 12 meters.  I also hold CW and
> (traditional)
> RTTY awards and I am on the DXCC Honor Roll, both Mixed and Phone.
>
> During these 64 years of DXing I have seen many changes. Countries became
> entities, band awards and DXCC Challenge were introduced.  Logbook of the
> World
> and electronic QSLing became the new norm.  Contests, spotting networks,
> skimmers, DXpeditions, big and small, proliferated, and so on and so
> forth.  But
> none of these changes was as rapid and overwhelming as the emergence of
> WSJT in
> it's various forms.
>
> When the League decided to include these modes into the DXCC program I
> think it
> was thought that they're digital so let's turn the RTTY award into a
> Digital
> award and lump them all together. I don't think anyone could have
> predicted the
> sea change that WSJT would make upon the way some of us work DX.
> Personally,
> while I operate using FT-4 and FT-8 and I QSL for my QSO partner's
> benefit, I
> have chosen to NOT apply for DXCC credit for these contacts.
>
> I believe that the skills needed to make contacts using these modes are
> enough
> different that they should be recognized as such by having separate
> awards.  So
> I'm proposing that the RTTY DXCC be resurrected, any non-RTTY credits be
> removed
> and applied to a newly created Digital award.
>
> The League itself has made the case for this revision by way of the
> announcement
> of the *ARRL International Digital Contest
> <http://arrl.org/arrl-digital-contest>. *That announcement includes the
> verbiage, "All non-RTTY modes are permitted. Going forward, RTTY will be
> the
> sole mode for the ARRL RTTY Roundup, which will continue to take place in
> January."
>
> Clearly, the contest people see the difference, I think the DXCC program
> should
> see it too.
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> Wes Stewart, N7WS
>
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