Hi All -
Congrats to the RTTY RU winners posting here recently! Great job! I received
a certificate for first place in NC, low power multi-op, and #9 US in that
category. Thinking ahead to the next RTTY RU, I would like to operate SO2R and
use the cluster but it looks to me like there is not really a good category to
do that - which seems puzzling as it would seem to be a common enough interest.
Thought I'd check here to see if I am misinterpreting something. My
understanding is:
a) Using the cluster puts you in the Multi operator category (as it did
for me last year).
b) Since you are limited to six band changes per hour, if I used my second
radio on a different band, as I normally would do, I would be limited to three
second radio QSO's per hour, a max of 3 x 24 = 72 second radio QSO's in the
contest - but actually the number would be less as there would be band changes
on the "first" radio as well.
Am I missing something here?
The other rule that seems odd to me is requiring the off time to be in no more
than two chunks. I.e. 4 hours of sleep, 1 hour for breakfast and 1 hour for
lunch is not allowed. Wondering why ARRL SS lets you take 30 minute breaks but
ARRL RU limits you to 2 breaks that add to 6 hours. I know, "the rule is the
rule," but I figure someone had something in mind when they wrote that rule and
I'd like to understand it!
Thanks!
73,
Rowland K4XD
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