1945 is the correct start date. From the DXCC Rules:
d) RTTY: Contacts must be made using radioteletype since November 15,
1945. (Baudot, ASCII, AMTOR, PSK, packet and other digital modes
count towards RTTY.) Confirmations for cross-mode contacts for this
award must be dated September 30, 1981, or earlier.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 4/29/2014 3:01 PM, joeduerbusch wrote:
Jay is correct about the dates. But I believe only RTTY contacts from
November 1, 1976 forward counts towards RTTY DXCC. The CW/PHONE guys who
had worked everything, jumped on the RTTY bandwagon as a way to start over
on a new DXCC. Without that rule change, RTTY as we know it would have
never grown.
Hope to see everyone at the RTTY Dinner in Dayton next month.
Joe K0BX
RTTY Honor Roll with only 5 left.
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Jay WS7I <ws7ik7tj@gmail.com> wrote:
Sure can Don. July 1976 the ARRL announced a RTTY DXCC to be started on
November 1, 1976. In July of 1984 they started endorsing as the first was
only for 100 cards. And the RTTY Honor Roll on December 1993.
Source _RTTY Journal_ Volume 24, Nr 7.
73 Jay WS7I
On 4/29/2014 9:54 AM, Don AA5AU wrote:
Can anyone tell me when the ARRL started the RTTY DXCC award?
I know contacts dated back to 1945 count for RTTY DXCC, but I'm trying to
determine when the award first started.
Thanks,
Don AA5AU
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